U-PALS™
Key Features
- Recovery on either stationary or moving platforms
- Day and night operations
- Ground and ship board landings up to 30kts and sea-state
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- Crab nulling at touchdown
The Universal Precision Auto-Landing
System (U-PALS) is a software and sensor package used in conjunction
with L-3 Geneva’s flightTEK® flight control unit and missionTEK™
control station to enable the autonomous launch and recovery
of unmanned aircraft at fixed and moving recovery sites. The
system increases the operational flexibility of UASs and reduces
the operations and support costs.
U-PALS employs relative
navigation techniques to precisely recover UASs onto stationary
and moving platforms. The system is comprised of two subsystems:
an air vehicle sensor and receiver subsystem and a sensor and
transmitter subsystem located near the recovery site. system
requires geodetic landing site parameters that are entered into
the missionTEK airfield database. Once configured and installed
in the host aircraft the system gives the operator push button
launch and recovery capability.
Want
to learn more? Download our U-PALS information
sheet.
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