Validation of Architecture Models for Coordination of Unmanned Air and Ground Vehicles via Experimentation

Using the relationship of system architecture products and model-based systems engineering analysis to quantify system performance highlights the feasibility of a UAV-UGV team collaboratively conducting the structured, rudimentary tasks necessary to find a person in distress.

Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

The role of unmanned systems continues to be defined and refined within the scope of military operations. Currently, unmanned systems are most often associated with operations in a single domain such as air, land, sea. However, the future of the military is progressing towards cross-domain operations.

This research uses a model-based systems engineering methodology for employing architecture in system analysis (MBSE MEASA) to design and analyze architectures for cross-domain collaborative unmanned systems conducting the fundamental tasks necessary to find a person in distress (PID).