GPS / MV based aerial refueling for UAVs

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mammarella, Marco ^a   Campa, Giampiero ^a   Napolitano, Marcello R ^a   Seanor, Brad ^a   Fravolini, Mario L ^b   Pollini, Lorenzo ^c  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL REFUELING; CLOSED-LOOP SIMULATIONS; DOCKING CONTROL; MACHINE VISION; POINT-MATCHING; POSE ESTIMATION; REFERENCE PATH; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; TANKER AIRCRAFTS; WAKE EFFECT; WIND GUST;

ALGORITHMS; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTER VISION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; ESTIMATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE MATCHING; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION; SENSORS; TANKERS (SHIPS); UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 78651083400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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