Sensor networking and integration: A proof-of-concept experiment

In November 2015 the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) conducted an experiment using two autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for geo-location of navigation radars. This was an interdisciplinary experiment that included a number of different research communities, and which contributed to a number of different research areas. This paper gives an overview of the experiment, with an emphasis on the information flow. The experiment has demonstrated how a continuous data flow can be established, from the sensors, via an operating center, and all the way to a joint headquarters. In addition, we describe how sensor data from different sources were integrated in order to identify tracks that needed further investigation. Finally, the paper provides some preliminary results from the experiment, both with respect to the radio communication between sensors and ground node, and to the actual geo-location process.