Precision parafoil recovery - Providing flexibility for battlefield UAV systems?

14th Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 254-260

  Wyllie, Tim ^a   Downs, Peter ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; RECOVERY; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); VEHICLES;

CONTROL APPROACH; GROUND EQUIPMENT; MAN-IN-THE-LOOP; OPTIMAL DEPLOYMENT; RECOVERY CAPABILITIES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TARGET TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84976488172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1997-1497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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