06.1 - Flight Dynamics and Control (Control & Modelling)
ASSISTED AND AUTOMATED AERIAL REFUELLING – OVERVIEW OF THE CONDUCTED RESEARCH AT THE GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DLR)
T. Jann¹, N. Fezans¹, A. Koloschin¹, S.-O. Schmidt¹, P. Link¹, J. Ament¹, S. Krause¹; ¹German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Flight Systems, Germany
The German Aerospace Centre (DLR) has developed different methods for the automated aerial refueling of different aircraft systems, like fighter, helicopter, transport aircraft and UAVs, and evaluated their qualities in experiments and simulator tests with pilots. The paper gives an overview about the developments and results achieved within the correspondig project.