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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 95 - Salt Lake City - March 2005
Agenda Location	7 SUBCOMMITTEE A - AERONAUTIC AND SURFACE 7.1 Unified Control Concept for JSF
Title	Unified Control Concept for JSF
Presenter	Greg Walker
Affiliation	Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
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Abstract	The Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft variant presents unique opportunities for highly augmented control concepts. The customer has placed some unique requirements on the design to minimize pilot workload and risk of cognitive failure during STOVL operations. The requirements are aimed at making the F-35 a safer aircraft to fly than the Harrier. The LM team conducted a thorough trade study to examine the benefits of various control concepts explored in past simulation studies and flight demonstrations. The Unified STOVL Control Concept was selected as being easier to fly resulting in reduced training burden for new pilots. Favorable results have been obtained through initial piloted evaluations conducted in the NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator. Further risk reduction is also being performed in flight testing on the UK VAAC Harrier research aircraft. Mr. Walker will present an overview of the F-35 STOVL Concept of Control trade study and a top-level overview of the Unified STOVL Control mode.