SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development and flight test demonstration of an innovative practical Autonomous Formation Flying System (AFFS) for manned rotorcraft.
Award amount
$99,935Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Aerotonomy, Incorporated
- Proposal award date
- 2005-08-15
- Contract end date
- 2006-02-11
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- A05-T011
Research abstract
Aerotonomy, Incorporated and our Research Institution partner the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) will combine an innovative adaptive guidance system, the latest knowledge in autonomous adaptive rotorcraft control, and intuitive pilot interface techniques to arrive at a safe, practical, Autonomous Formation Flying System (AFFS) for manned rotorcraft. This Phase I project will culminate in an actual heterogeneous formation flight test demonstration with GIT's GTMax UAV flying autonomously in formation with a manned UH-60 simulation.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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