Technology Development of Smart UAV and Application of CFD

스마트무인기 기술개발동향 및 전산유체공학의 적용

Now, the era of information, the rapid acquisition of vast and various information acts as a key role. for the national competitiveness. The smart UAV is brought to the fore as a new future technology which will be able to satisfy the information needs in broad and stereoscopic manner. The smart UAV, with VTOL capability, higher performance, and reliability over the existing technology thresholds, will lead the aerospace technology in the future. In this paper, the technology concept of smart UAV, the necessity of development, and the trend of worldwide R&D are introduced and analyzed. In addition, for the Smart UAV Development Program which is launched by the 21c Frontier R&D program this year, the role and application area of the CFD will be discussed.