Cooperative control during boom air-to-air refueling

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2007

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2436-2452

  McFarlane, Cormac ^a,c   Richardson, Thomas S ^a,c,d   Jones, Chris D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Flight Mechanics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; TANKERS (SHIPS); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

ADVERSE WEATHER; AIR TO AIR REFUELING; BOOM REFUELING;

AIRCRAFT FUELING;

EID: 37249010081     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2007-6586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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