Advances in air to air refuelling

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-35

  Thomas, Peter R ^a   Bhandari, Ujjar ^a   Bullock, Steve ^a   Richardson, Thomas S ^a   Du Bois, Jonathan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air to air refuelling; Autonomous aerial refuelling; Drogue stabilisation; Flight control; Simulation and testing; Unmanned aerial systems

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT DETECTION; AIRCRAFT FUELS; ANTENNAS; CONTROL THEORY; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

AERIAL REFUELLING; AIR-TO-AIR REFUELLING; FLIGHT CONTROL; SIMULATION AND TESTING; UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS;

AIR REFUELING;

EID: 84908658355     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2014.07.001     Document Type: Review

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