Flight control and management system of unmanned aerial vehicles

From the engineering-development viewpoint, the system configuration, main functions, outer interface and structure of typical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight control and management systems (FCMS) are introduced first. Then, the main problems of system function design of flight control, mission management, airborne equipment failure diagnose and payload management, et al. are analyzed. Thirdly, the characteristics and applicabilities of three typical control modes, i.e. remote pilot, automatic control under man-surveillance and autonomous control are discussed. And then, the key technologies in system development such as control law design, control and management strategy design, real-time software development, et al. are analyzed. Finally, the system characteristics obtained from manned aerial vehicles and system development trends are induced.