Application of theory of functional stability for information technology of unmanned aerial group control

In the paper, the analysis of the possibility of applying the theory of functional stability to the recovery control of the UAV group using FANET technology in the interests of agriculture has been carried out. It is shown that to ensure functional stability it is necessary to create hardware or software redundancies. It is also shown the need to detect failures and consider the probability of being in the state, which characterizes the presence of redundancy and the ability to implement the recovery control, as an indicator of the functional stability of the system. The indicator of functional stability of the system in general under the condition of ability to perform the set tasks is formulated in the analytical form. Keywords1 UAV group, ground control station, FANET, functional stability, failure, hardware and software redundancies