Progress in Guidance and Control Research for Space Access and Hypersonic Vehicles (Preprint)

Abstract

Over the past decade, both NASA and the U.S. Air Force have directed significant efforts aimed at reducing the cost of access to space as well as improving the reliability and safety of launch vehicles. From a guidance and control perspective, efforts have focused on the development of fault tolerant autonomous systems that can recover vehicles from failures or damage when physically possible. The state of the art is summarized in this manuscript and some of the challenges preventing widespread use of some of the techniques are discussed. The integration of vehicle health management systems with adaptive guidance and control is also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463583

Entities

People

  • David B. Doman
  • Michael A. Bolender
  • Michael W. Oppenheimer

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Hypersonic Vehicles
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Reliability
  • Spacecraft
  • Tailless Aircraft
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
  • Hypersonics
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers