Preliminary analysis of formation flight management

1999 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 258-268

  Innocenti, Mari ^a   Mancino, Giuseppe ^a   Garofoli, Marco ^a   Napolitano, Marcello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL;

AIRCRAFT FLYING; FORMATION FLIGHT; FORMATION FLYING; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; MINIMUM COST; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SYSTEM FAILURES;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84959157058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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