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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 92 - Dayton - October 2003
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.1 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SUMMARY REPORTS 4.1.1 US Air Force 4.1.1.1 Air Force Research Lab
Title	Air Force Research Lab
Presenter	Siva Banda
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Abstract	The Air Vehicle Directorate is focusing its resources mainly on three thrust areas and they are: 1) space access vehicles and future strike, 2) unmanned air vehicles (UAV), and 3) capability enhancement. The funding for UAVs has been steady and stable compared to the funding for the other areas. In the space access vehicles area, we have decided to focus our research efforts on understanding the dynamics and controlling the vehicles in the event of control effector/actuator failures. We have developed fast algorithms to solve 2-point boundary value problems in order to compute footprints for space access vehicles in the presence of control surface failures. We have developed nonlinear control allocation techniques based on piece-wise linear programming for vehicles with failed or jammed control effectors. In the general area of UAVs, we have decided to focus our research efforts in the broad area of multi-vehicle cooperative control. We have developed an algorithm based on iterative network flow, which is computationally less intensive and is on-line implimentable. We have demonstrated this algorithm through simulation for multiple UAVs and multiple targets participating in cooperative combat ISR type missions. Finally, we are in the process of starting a new 6.2 program jointly between the Air Vehicles Directorate and the Munitions Directorate to flight demonstrate cooperative control in an urban warfare scenario using a mix of small and micro UAVs. This 6.2 program is expected to start in late FY04.