dPlan Simplifies UAV Surveillance Mission Planning When an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operator plans a surveillance mission, success depends on many variables. The mission plan must weigh the capabilities of the UAV and its sensor package against the quality of information required at each target location. After all, some surveillance tasks are more demanding than others and may require a clearer look. The intelligence community developed NIIRS (National Image Interpretability Rating Scale) to quantify what information may or may not be extracted from an image. Analysts use NIIRS to communicate the level of image quality they need to perform a specific intelligence task. An optimized mission plan will put the right UAV payload on a route that maximizes the quantity and quality o

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