System characteristics of a micro UAV defense system

This paper is part of a broader research effort to systematically design a defense system against micro UAS. An interceptor UAV is used to prevent an intruder UAV from entering a defined airspace. The design needs to meet two main requirements, a dynamic requirement and a control requirement. The dynamic requirement describes the required agility of the interceptor UAV to allow it to intercept a commercial off-the-shelf UAV. The agility is analyzed through dynamic modeling of the UAV and the powertrain combined with suitable path planning and control design. The control requirement describes the need to intercept the intruder UAV without an uncontrolled crash of either the interceptor or the intruder. An analysis of the flight stability during the intercept is conducted in this paper.