摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an unmanned aerial vehicle system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provided with a terminal homing mode, and configured to deliver a payload to a target.SOLUTION: The UAV 410 may be in a racetrack of circular (i.e. rotation about a ground point or positional target) or other flight pattern 420 as part of a target search mode, loiter mode, surveillance mode, reconnaissance mode and/or other observation mode. The seeker processing together with a guidance processing and/or an uplink from a command node, e.g. a ground command node 450, may place the UAV 410 into a terminal homing strike mode 430. The UAV 410 then may home on the ground target 440, e.g., a ground vehicle, in an effort to get close enough to effectively deploy a payload, such as detonating a warhead, dropping a beacon, or dispensing a pigment, and/or effect a collision with the target. |