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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 101 - Salt Lake City - March 2008
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.2 Research Institutions, Industry, and University Reports 4.2.2 Universities 4.2.2.2 Georgia Tech
Title	Georgia Tech
Presenter	Marc Costello
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Abstract	An overview description of two new control mechanisms for air vehicles is provided, namely, glide slope control for parafoils and internal moving mass control for smart weapons. For autonomous parafoil and payload aircraft, control is typically created by deflection of right and left side brakes. This control mechanism achieves only lateral control. By adding an extra actuator, dynamic incidence angle control of the canopy can be achieved thus enabling active glide slope control. This capability can improve air drop accuracy by a factor of 3. For small smart weapons, the active control mechanism must be small and rugged while still achieving required control authority. By translating an internal mass, it is possible to induced predictable angular motion which in turn generates significant projectile swerve. This swerve is competitive with other smart weapon control mechanisms.