Gatewing X100UAS - 2 X100; 2.1 General; 2.1.1 UAS; 2.1.2 Autonomous trajectory control

2.0 — 19 — 12 October 2012
2
X100
2.1 General
2.1.1 UAS
What
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is a generic term. It describes an aircraft and its associated
elements which are operated with no pilot on board:
● Remotely-piloted Aircraft (RPA)
● Remotely-piloted Aircraft System (RPAS)
● Drones
Elements as referred to by ICAO
A typical RPAS consists of the following elements:
● Remotely-Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
● Ground Control System (GCS)
● The remote pilot
● Other related support equipment, e.g. launcher
2.1.2 Autonomous trajectory control
What
The aircraft follows a preprogrammed path where take-off, flight and landing require minimal
human intervention.
High-level commands, human activated or automatically activated in case of failure, may inter-
rupt the planned flight and will activate a preprogrammed pattern, e.g. landing, flight termina-
tion, ...