The Boeing Company
CONTROLLED POWERUP SEQUENCE FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV)

Abstract:

A controlled power up sequence for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed. A disclosed example controlled power up sequence for a UAV includes a remote user terminal, and a power sequence control interface including a transceiver communicatively coupled to the remote user terminal, a user-operated switch of the UAV, and a power controller to electrically couple a power source of the UAV to a propulsion system of the UAV in response to the user-operated switch being toggled on and the power sequence control interface receiving, via the transceiver, a power on signal from the remote user terminal.