2014 Symposium Posters

Project Members
Scott Yantek, James Goppert, Nandagopal Sathyamoorthy, Inseok Hwang

Unmanned aerial systems (UASs) have attained widespread use in military and research applications, and with recent court rulings their commercial use is rapidly expanding. Because of their dependence on computer systems, their high degree of autonomy, and the danger posed by a loss of vehicle control, it is critical that the proliferation of UASs be accompanied by a thorough analysis of their vulnerabilities to cyberattack. We approach the issue from a controls perspective, assuming the attacker has already gained some amount of control over the system. We then investigate vulnerabilities to certain types of attacks.