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Autonomous RPRV Navigation, Guidance and ControlDryden Flight Research Center has the responsibility for flight testing of advanced remotely piloted research vehicles (RPRV) to explore highly maneuverable aircraft technology, and to test advanced structural concepts, and related aeronautical technologies which can yield important research results with significant cost benefits. The primary purpose is to provide the preliminary design of an upgraded automatic approach and landing control system and flight director display to improve landing performance and reduce pilot workload. A secondary purpose is to determine the feasibility of an onboard autonomous navigation, orbit, and landing capability for safe vehicle recovery in the event of loss of telemetry uplink communication with the vehicles. The current RPRV approach and landing method, the proposed automatic and manual approach and autoland system, and an autonomous navigation, orbit, and landing system concept which is based on existing operational technology are described.
Document ID
19890004857
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Johnston, Donald E.
(Systems Technology, Inc. Hawthorne, CA, United States)
Myers, Thomas T.
(Systems Technology, Inc. Hawthorne, CA, United States)
Zellner, John W.
(Systems Technology, Inc. Hawthorne, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 1983
Subject Category
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Report/Patent Number
NASA-CR-179425
TR-1180-1
NAS 1.26:179425
Accession Number
89N14228
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS4-2896
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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