Review of sensor technology to support automated air-to-air refueling of a probe configured uncrewed aircraft

J Parry, S Hubbard - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
As technologies advance and applications for uncrewed aircraft increase, the capability to
conduct automated air-to-air refueling becomes increasingly important. This paper provides …

Intelligent GNSS/INS integrated navigation system for a commercial UAV flight control system

G Zhang, LT Hsu - Aerospace science and technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Owing to the increase in civil applications using quadcopters, commercial flight control
systems such as Pixhawk are a popular solution to provide the sensing and control functions …

Carrier phase-based integrity monitoring for high-accuracy positioning

S Feng, W Ochieng, T Moore, C Hill, C Hide - GPS solutions, 2009 - Springer
Pseudorange-based integrity monitoring, for example receiver autonomous integrity
monitoring (RAIM), has been investigated for many years and is used in various applications …

Influence of flight altitude and control points in the georeferencing of images obtained by unmanned aerial vehicle

L Santos Santana, G Araújo E Silva Ferraz… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to explore the influence of flight altitude, density, and distribution of ground
control points (GCPs) on the digital terrain model (DTM) in surveys conducted by unmanned …

Alternative architecture for dual frequency multi-constellation GBAS

T Murphy, M Harris, G Mcgraw, J Wichgers… - Proceedings of the 34th …, 2021 - ion.org
This paper describes an alternative architecture candidate proposal for consideration for the
future Dual Frequency MultiConstellation (DFMC) Ground Based Augmentation System …

Sensor fusion applied to autonomous aerial refueling

WR Williamson, GJ Glenn, VT Dang… - Journal of Guidance …, 2009 - arc.aiaa.org
THIS paper focuses on the development and implementation of a methodology for relative
navigation between two vehicles and specifically addresses the problem of automatic in …

System integration of a vision-guided UAV for autonomous landing on moving platform

X Chen, SK Phang, M Shan… - 2016 12th IEEE …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This manuscript describes a UAV implemented with vision and laser based localization
algorithm to track and land on a moving platform. Specifically, a pre-designed marker is …

Navigation, interference suppression, and fault monitoring in the sea-based joint precision approach and landing system

J Rife, S Khanafseh, S Pullen… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The United States Navy seeks the capability to land manned and unmanned aerial vehicles
autonomously on an aircraft carrier using GPS. To deliver this capability, the Navy is …

Multi-UAV cluster-based cooperative navigation with fault detection and exclusion capability

J Shen, S Wang, X Zhan - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
As a strategy for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems to commit tasks in
complex application environments, cooperative navigation has attracted extensive research …

Infrastructure-free shipdeck tracking for autonomous landing

S Arora, S Jain, S Scherer, S Nuske… - … on robotics and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Shipdeck landing is one of the most challenging tasks for a rotorcraft. Current autonomous
rotorcraft use shipdeck mounted transponders to measure the relative pose of the vehicle to …