Intelligent systems software for unmanned air vehicles

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sinsley, Gregory L ^a,b   Long, Lyle N ^a,c   Niessner, Albert F ^a,d   Horn, Joseph F ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Electrical Engineering   (United States)

^c Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^d State College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AIRBORNE PLATFORMS; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; FORMATION FLIGHT; HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION; MISSION PLANNING; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS);

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 78149448591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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