Autonomous aerial refueling of UAVS utilizing a vision based navigation system /

The major technological obstacle to be overcome for practical and reliable autonomous probe-and-drogue aerial refueling is obtaining accurate relative position and attitude measurements during the docking phase. An integrated controller-sensor-navigation system for this task must be robust and poss...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kimmett, Jennifer Jones
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2002.
Subjects:	Major aerospace engineering.
Online Access:	Link to OAKTrust copy