RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ASSESSING THE DURATION OF CARGO DELIVERY TO THE EMERGENCY AREA USING THE UAS

The article deals with the issue of ensuring the adoption of an informed decision on the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) when delivering small-sized cargo to hard-to-reach and especially dangerous emergency zones. In particular, the element of environment such as the estimation of delivery duration, which is random has been considered.It is shown that it is advisable to consider the duration of delivery of small-sized cargoes using UAS subordinate to the Erlang distribution. There are also presented practical recommendations for the implementation of assessment of delivery duration.