TY - GEN
T1 - Development Status and Military Application of Rotary Wing UAVs
AU - Zhou, Zhongkang
AU - Xie, Jing
AU - Fan, Tianfeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Beijing HIWING Scientific and Technological Information Institute 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The future of warfare is expected to shift towards localised regional conflicts, with the aim of minimising casualties and adapting quickly to rapidly changing battlefield conditions. Rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gradually becoming a highly regarded emerging force in military equipment. Their characteristics, such as ease of operation, low cost and stealthy tracking capabilities, enable them to perform outstandingly in localised conflicts. This paper provides an overview of the origin and development of rotary-wing UAVs, introduces the current development status of such UAVs domestically and internationally, and analyses their performance characteristics such as range and payload capacity. It also summarises the development trends of rotary-wing UAVs in autonomy and intelligence, persistent operations, networking and integrated operations by combining the recent practical application of rotary-wing UAVs in military conflicts. This study not only highlights the core position of rotary-wing UAVs in modern warfare, but also provides a reference for the subsequent research and development of UAVs.
AB - The future of warfare is expected to shift towards localised regional conflicts, with the aim of minimising casualties and adapting quickly to rapidly changing battlefield conditions. Rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gradually becoming a highly regarded emerging force in military equipment. Their characteristics, such as ease of operation, low cost and stealthy tracking capabilities, enable them to perform outstandingly in localised conflicts. This paper provides an overview of the origin and development of rotary-wing UAVs, introduces the current development status of such UAVs domestically and internationally, and analyses their performance characteristics such as range and payload capacity. It also summarises the development trends of rotary-wing UAVs in autonomy and intelligence, persistent operations, networking and integrated operations by combining the recent practical application of rotary-wing UAVs in military conflicts. This study not only highlights the core position of rotary-wing UAVs in modern warfare, but also provides a reference for the subsequent research and development of UAVs.
KW - Development trends
KW - Military application
KW - Rotary wing UAVs
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-96-3552-8_13
DO - 10.1007/978-981-96-3552-8_13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105008058685
SN - 9789819635511
T3 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
SP - 126
EP - 136
BT - Proceedings of 4th 2024 International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, 4th ICAUS 2024
A2 - Liu, Lianqing
A2 - Niu, Yifeng
A2 - Fu, Wenxing
A2 - Qu, Yi
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 4th International Conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems, ICAUS 2024
Y2 - 19 September 2024 through 21 September 2024
ER -