Guidance of receiver aircraft to rendezvous with tanker in the presence of wind

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kampoon, Jane Wit ^a   Dogan, Atilla ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED AERIAL REFUELING; FIXED POINTS; GUIDANCE ALGORITHM; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS; LOW-LEVEL CONTROLLERS; MOVING REFERENCE FRAME; NON-LINEAR GUIDANCE; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONLINEAR GUIDANCE LOGIC; PREVAILING WINDS; RACE TRACKS; TANKER AIRCRAFTS; TIME VARYING; TRAJECTORY TRACKING; VIRTUAL TARGET; YAW RATE;

AIRCRAFT MODELS; ALGORITHMS; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; LEVEL CONTROL; ORBITS; TANKERS (SHIPS);

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 84867832231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-8326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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