The
market for Unmanned Vehicles has grown rapidly in the last five
years, driven primarily by the success in military surveillance
and reconnaissance applications. In many such applications, the
vehicle is ultimately expendable and a lower level of system integrity
may have been accepted for cost or performance reasons, when compared
with manned vehicles. The UV industry is moving towards more widespread-use
in commercial operations both in Europe and the USA. The corollary
of this that a greater level of integrity will be required without
the cost penalty often associated with uniquely designed systems
in manned aerospace. By combining low-cost components developed
for guided weapon applications with redundant architectures developed
for more-electric manned aircraft, Claverham is able to offer actuation
solutions appropriate to all sizes and classes of vehicle. This
approach is also applied to UGV and UUV applications
Claverham is represented on the council of the UAVS
(Unmanned Air Vehicle Systems) Association, a UK trade association.
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