Precision guided airdrop system flight test results

14th Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 158-168

  Hattis, Philip D ^a   Appleby, Brent D ^a   Fill, Thomas J ^a   Benney, Richard ^b  

^a CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR NAVIGATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SIMULATORS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NASA; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PARACHUTES;

AIRDROP SYSTEMS; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; FLIGHT CONDITIONS; FLIGHT TEST; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION , AND CONTROLS; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATORS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS (INS); RAPID DEPLOYMENTS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 84930176268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1997-1468     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (6)

1. Philip D. Hattis and Richard Benney, “Demonstration of Precision Guided Ram-Air Parafoil Airdrop Using GPS/INS Navigation,” presented at the Institute of Navigation’s Fifty- Second Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 18-20, 1996.
2. Alex G. Sim, James E. Murray, David C. Neufeld, and R. Dale Reed, “The Development and Flight Test of a Deployable Precision Landing System for Spacecraft Recovery,” NASA Technical Memorandum 4525, September 1993.
3. James E. Murray, Alex G. Sim, David C. Neufeld, Patrick K. Rennich, Stephen R. Norris, and Wesley R. Hughes, “Further Development and Flight Test of an Autonomous Precision Landing System Using a Parafoil,” NASA Technical Memorandum 4599, July 1994.
4. “Final Report: Development and Demonstration Test of a Ram-Air Parafoil Precision Guided Airdrop System, Volume 2: Engineering Simulation Models and Flight Code Design,” Draper Laboratory Report CSDL-R-2752, October 1996.
5. “Final Report: Development and Demonstration Test of a Ram-Air Parafoil Precision Guided Airdrop System, Volume 3: Simulation and Flight Test Results,” Draper Laboratory Report CSDL-R-2752, October 1996.
6. “Final Report: Development and Demonstration Test of a Ram-Air Parafoil Precision Guided Airdrop System, Addendum: Flight Test Results and Software Updates After Flight 19,” Draper Laboratory Report CSDL-R-2771, December 1996.