Sensor fusion applied to autonomous aerial refueling

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 262-275

  Williamson, Walton R ^a,c   Glenn, Gregory J ^a,c   Dang, Vu T ^a,c   Speyer, Jason L ^a,c   Stecko, Stephen M ^b,d   Takacs, John M ^b  

^a SySense Inc   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c Boeing Integrated Defensive Systems ^*

^d Boeing Integrated Defense Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR REFUELING; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

AUTONOMOUS AERIAL REFUELING; CONTROL CAPABILITIES; DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; ELECTRO-OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS; HARD-WARE-IN-THE-LOOP; INERTIAL MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 60349117883     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.34589     Document Type: Article

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