Open Source Solutions in The Development of Military Unmanned Aerial Systems

 

Dragan Mladenović

Danko Jovanović

Nenad Denić

 

This paper offers a concept of open source software, hardware and network solutions suitable for application in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and systems (UAS). Use of open source platforms significantly reduces costs of development and procurement without reduction in reliability factor and safety of military UAV and UAS for combat and support. The most suitable modern application is in the area of hardware microcontroller and microprocessor systems such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi, Linux operative systems and network protocols for mobile ad hoc networking.

Key words: unmanned aerial vehicles, autopilots, mobile network, open source.