Development and flight test of terrain-referenced guidance with ladar forward sensor

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 823-828

  Zelenka, Richard E ^a,b   Clark, Raymond F ^c   Zirkler, André ^d   Saari, Ron ^d   Branigan, Robert G ^e  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*

^c US Army Command/Contr Syst I   (United States)

^d Unixpros   (United States)

^e US Army Night Vis Electron S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT RADAR EQUIPMENT; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DISPLAY DEVICES; MILITARY HELICOPTERS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; SENSORS; TRAJECTORIES;

FLIGHT TEST; HELICOPTER GUIDANCE SYSTEM; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAY; LADAR FORWARD SENSOR;

ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030190895     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21705     Document Type: Article

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