Unmanned aerial vehicle path following for target observation in wind

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1092-1100

  Rysdyk, Rolf ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HEURISTIC METHODS; TARGETS;

AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATION; LINE-OF-SIGHT ORIENTATION; MINIMAL HEURISTICS;

UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EID: 33749598305     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.19101     Document Type: Article

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