TY - GEN
T1 - Simulation analysis of a sensor data fusion for close formation flight
AU - Löbl, David
AU - Holzapfel, Florian
N1 - Funding Information:
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 284741. This publication reflects only the authors' views. The European Union is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The objective of this paper is the selection and evaluation of a sensor suite for close formation flight of civil commercial aircraft. An extended Kalman filter is applied using inertial measurements, Global Positioning System measurements and optical sensor measurements to estimate the relative position, relative velocity, and relative attitude between two aircraft. This paper introduces and evaluates the potential of multiple radio frequency ranging measurements as additional independent and complementary measurement source. The geometry of two large transport aircraft and associated baseline sensor systems are used as basis for this study. The approach is assessed by simulation, focusing on the determination of achievable performance, redundancy and independency.
AB - The objective of this paper is the selection and evaluation of a sensor suite for close formation flight of civil commercial aircraft. An extended Kalman filter is applied using inertial measurements, Global Positioning System measurements and optical sensor measurements to estimate the relative position, relative velocity, and relative attitude between two aircraft. This paper introduces and evaluates the potential of multiple radio frequency ranging measurements as additional independent and complementary measurement source. The geometry of two large transport aircraft and associated baseline sensor systems are used as basis for this study. The approach is assessed by simulation, focusing on the determination of achievable performance, redundancy and independency.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2014-1301
DO - 10.2514/6.2014-1301
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894440365
SN - 9781600869624
T3 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
BT - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference
T2 - AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference 2014 - SciTech Forum and Exposition 2014
Y2 - 13 January 2014 through 17 January 2014
ER -