High-Performance and Reliable Automated Carrier Landing via CFD-Based Model Predictive Control

Abstract

This basic research proposal is responsive to Technology Focus Area IV.2. Specifically, itsgoal is to enable the high~performance a"nd reliable control of fixed~wing Unmanned AerialVehicles (UAV) during automated carrier landing operations. High~performance refers hereto improved landing performance with respect to current piloted landings along three maindimensions: (1) touchdown performan"ce (e.g., reduced sink rate), (2) landing performance(e.g., minimal landing dispersion), and (3) operational performance (e.g., lan"ding in thepresence of significant wind turbulence). Reliable refers to correctness guarantees for thecontrol algorithms in terms" of (1) optimality of the trajectory generation/tracking process,(2) real~time computational guarantees, and (3) robustness to mode"ling errors.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2017
Source ID
N000141712749

Entities

People

  • Charbel Farhat

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • Stanford University
  • United States Navy

Tags

Readers

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  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control