Development of Lightweight Materials for Unmanned Aerial ‎and Micro Aerial Vehicles (UAVs/MAVs)‎

  • Authors

    • Pushplata Patel Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kalinga University, Raipur, India
    • Debarghya Biswas Assistant Professor, Department of CS & IT, Kalinga University, Raipur, India
    https://doi.org/10.14419/mdarxg12

    Received date: May 2, 2025

    Accepted date: May 26, 2025

    Published date: July 8, 2025

  • Lightweight Materials; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs); Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs); Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (CFRPs); ‎Aerospace Mate-rial Engineering

  • Abstract

    Lightweight materials development enhances UAVs and MAVs' performance and endurance because it improves operational efficiency. ‎UAVs and MAVs are being used more and more in applications like surveillance, search and rescue, and environmental monitoring, which ‎demand strong yet lightweight materials. The lighter the vehicle, the more operation time with more cargo storage and higher operational ‎efficiency. Several researchers are focusing on developing materials that are strong relative to their weight through carbon fiber-reinforced ‎polymers (CFRPs), aluminum alloys, and graphene. These materials strengthen aerial system structures and reduce operational power ‎demand. Several challenges for material development are high production costs and decreased durability in different conditions, while ‎engineers struggle to integrate new materials into advanced UAV and MAV systems. Hybrid material development combines multiple ‎material strengths through combined implementation, while new production processes like additive manufacturing are evolving. This ‎research explores lightweight materials implementation for UAV and MAV applications by considering design aspects and presents barriers ‎and technological advancements in aerial systems‎.

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    Patel , P. ., & Biswas , D. . (2025). Development of Lightweight Materials for Unmanned Aerial ‎and Micro Aerial Vehicles (UAVs/MAVs)‎. International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 14(SI-1), 34-37. https://doi.org/10.14419/mdarxg12