The assignment for this Design Synthesis Exercise is to design an unmanned and autonomous military cargo container transportation system for the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF). This assignment comes from the Aerospace Cluster, which combines the resources of the RNLAF, TU Delft, NLR, aerospace companies and research institutes. This cluster focuses on knowledge development, production & application in the field of (military) Aerospace

Mountain ranges all over Earth have long been tourist attractions for their monumental size, beautiful nature, clean air and possible leisure activities. Though attractive, mountain activities may form a threat to human safety. Search and rescue (SAR) teams are constantly stand-by and often have multiple rescue sorties per day. These missions are slow and dangerous for the involved personnel. In extremely rare cases rescue missions use helicopters for search by pilot eyesight. These mission types on average cost e3, 300 per hour, are dangerous for personnel, have a small endurance and have a large downtime. There is a clear need to improve effectiveness and safety of these rescue missions...