Limited Evaluation of Sensor Requirements for Autonomous Air Refueling Rendezvous (Project Medium Rare)

Abstract

This report presents the results of Project MEDIUM RARE, a limited evaluation of sensor requirements for UAV autonomous air refueling rendezvous. The overall test objective was to determine sensor field-of-regard and detection range requirements for an array of tanker aspect angles that would allow successful autonomous, UAV rendezvous. The Air Force Research Laboratory requested this testing. The USAF Test Pilot School, Class 03A, conducted 8 flight test sorties totaling 12.5 hours at Edwards AFB, California, from 7 Oct to 28 Oct 03. All test objectives were met.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA424477

Entities

People

  • Ami Peled-lubitch
  • Darin Heesch
  • Jay Orson
  • Jeff Warmka
  • Nick Hague

Organizations

  • Air Force Test Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Aspect Angle
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Flight Simulations
  • Flight Testing
  • Military Research
  • Refueling
  • Simulators
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Robotics and Automation.