Abstract
The paper deals with modelling of UAS flight paths in the real operating environment of UNFICYP peacekeeping mission. The aim of the model is to optimize the flight paths of both one UAS and group of UAS in order to increase the effectiveness of monitoring and surveillance of defined area of responsibility while respecting the mandate, real spatial conditions, operational requirements and restrictions of UNFICYP. In the paper applied model transforms stabilization tactical activity monitoring and surveillance into the problem of planning UAS flight paths in a graph created from path points distributed in a defined AOR. The article consists of four chapters. The first two chapters formulate a research problem, illustrate the applied research methodology, identify and evaluate current negative areas of the subject of research and point out the causes and consequences of this status. The next two chapters represent the main scientific and experimental part of the paper. Attention is paid to defining criteria and operational requirements for UAS, and the final chapter presents modelling.
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Some of the information is not mentioned in the article due to its possible sensitivity.
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Each NAI is represented by a specific OPFOR position (e.g. military base, camp or sentry box) containing different facilities (e.g. firing positions, trench systems, shelters, etc.).
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AOR includes a defined part of the BZ (with an area of approx. 10 km2), namely OPFOR positions (in the number of dozens of pieces) located usually outside the BZ (units up to hundreds of meters from the BZ boundaries) and an area extending max. 1 km from the BZ borders to the depth of the inland. Each AOR is the responsibility of a specific unit (usually in platoon size).
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OPFOR also protests the helicopter’s short-term weather-caused flight path “deviation” outside of the airspace of BZ during the landing maneuver on the HLS.
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Hrnčiar, M., Turaj, M., Nohel, J., Stodola, P. (2025). UAS Flight Path Optimization Model for Effective Monitoring and Surveillance of the Buffer Zone in the UNFICYP Peacekeeping Mission. In: Mazal, J., et al. Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems. MESAS 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14615. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71397-2_4
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