Low Cost Parachute Guidance, Navigation and Control.

Abstract

The Affordable Guided Airdrop System (AGAS) integrates a low-cost guidance and control system into fielded cargo air delivery systems. This study evaluated the feasibility of this concept and included the design and execution of a flight test program to assess prototype system performance, as well as modeling efforts to develop initial guidance and control techniques leading to an evaluation of the feasibility of the AGAS concept. The flight test program provided adequate flight dynamic data for the AGAS system. The wind measurement techniques employed for this effort, through the use of a "calibration" parachute system, provided wind estimates that were not previously available.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA369203

Entities

People

  • Scott H. Dellicker

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Air Drop Operations
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Calibration
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Guidance
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Operating Systems
  • Parachutes
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional

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  • Materials Science
  • Software Engineering