Autonomous control of unmanned combat air vehicles: Design of a multimodal control and flight planning framework for agile maneuvering

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 74-95

  Ure, N K ^a,b   Inalhan, G ^c,d,e,f  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

^c ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Controls and Avionics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^e IEEE   (United States)

^f Systems Concepts and Integration Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATORS; FLIGHT ENVELOPES; FLIGHT PATHS; MANEUVERABILITY; MILITARY VEHICLES; SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK; MANEUVERING CAPABILITY; MULTI-MODAL CONTROLS; PLANNING AND CONTROL; SLIDING MODE CONTROLLER; TRAJECTORY PLANNING; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS); UNMANNED COMBAT AIR VEHICLES;

AIRCRAFT CONTROL;

EID: 84883634403     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2012.2205532     Document Type: Review

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