Aerial refueling autopilot design methodology: Application to F-16 aircraft model

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2745-2755

  Stepanyan, Vahram ^a   Lavretsky, Eugene ^b   Hovakimyan, Naira ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AERIAL REFUELING (AAR); FLIGHT CONTROL AUGMENTATION; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VORTEX INDUCED UNCERTAINTIES;

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; AERODYNAMICS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AIRCRAFT MODELS;

EID: 19944382184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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