Aircraft Trajectory Tracking and Prediction

Abstract

Regression modelling of trajectory measurement data was examined as a means for improving the performance of aircraft trajectory tracking and prediction. Regression models were used for adaptively removing measurement noise from trajectory observations and extrapolating trajectory measurements. A comparative study was done between three models of aircraft dynamics used in an extended Kalman filter: a strictly translational model, and an attitude/ translation model that uses vehicle specific inertial characteristics. Adaptive regression models were used for measurement accuracy enhancement. Comparisons were also made between errors resulting from position and a predictions using Runge-Kutta integration and extrapolated regression models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA270765

Entities

People

  • Frank P. Kuhl
  • Luis C. Cattani
  • Paul J. Eagle
  • Xin Liu
  • Zhuo Lin

Organizations

  • University of Detroit Mercy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Computational Science
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Equations Of State
  • Errors
  • Estimators
  • Filters
  • Kalman Filters
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Translations
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Control Systems Engineering.