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unmanned vehicle system (UVS)

DroneSpeak™ definition of unmanned vehicle system (UVS)
  • a system that enables an unmanned vehicle (UV) to propel itself through one or more physical operating environments
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  • unmanned aerial-vehicle system (UAS) (this includes the most links by DroneSpeak Vocabulary term, for example: UAV and UAS management system)
  • unmanned ground-vehicle system (UGS)
  • unmanned water-vehicle system (UWS)
  • unmanned underwater-vehicle system (UUS)
  • unmanned through-ground-vehicle system (UTS)
  • unmanned outer-space-vehicle system (UOS)
  • unmanned  hybrid-vehicle system (UHS)
Overview
UVS Overview
Figure 1, UVS Overview

The major components of a UVS include:

  • one or more unmanned vehicles (UVs);
  • one or more UVS participants;
  • the UVS management system.

Each UVS has an instance life cycle: the progression from the initial concept of a UVS through disposal of all components of the UVS, for example:

  • identification of factors and UVS requirements;
  • identification of UVS participants (the intended roles of people involved in the UVS);
  • development or acquisition of one or more unmanned vehicles (UVs);
  • development or acquisition of a UVS management system.

An instance of a UVS exists in an overall conceptual and physical UVS space within the UVS context:

  • safety, performance, and cost objectives;
    • stated or implied objectives for safety, performance, or cost of a UVS
  • the physical operating environment(s);
    • physical world surroundings or conditions in which a UVS may operate
  • the social-legal-political environment;
    • social, legal, or political factors that constrain the acquiring, making, operating, or disposing of a UVS or the movement of a UV
  • external, human-made systems that may interact with a component of the UVS.
    • human-made systems that may interact with, or affect the intended behavior of components of a UVS

Documented UVS requirements can be used to guide the acquisition, development, and disposal of components of a UVS, including:

  • identifying objectives and intended missions that guide the UVS development project, or the acquisition and operation of the UVS;
  • maintaining and improving the UVS, including better documentation and training of UVS operators and other participants;
  • estimating, monitoring, and evaluating the actual safety, performance, and cost characteristics of the UVS over its life cycle. 
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