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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 107 - Boulder - March 2011
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.1 Government Agencies Summary Reports 4.1.1 DoD 4.1.1.1 AFRL
Title	AFRL
Presenter	Michael Oppenheimer
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Abstract	• The AFRL Control Science Center of Excellence conducts research in three broad areas, Multi UAV Control, Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle Dynamics and Control, and Hypersonic Vehicle Dynamics and Control. The focus of this particular overview is on the activities associated with the Multi UAV Control Group and their participation in the Joint US-Australia Talisman Saber Exercise. The group used Vigilant Spirit Ground Control stations and multiple small UAVs to provide aerial surveillance to select participants in the exercise. They demonstrated the ability to fly cooperative missions with 4 UAVs under the control of the Vigilant Spirit Control Station at the Command Post (CP) and with forward deployed teams equipped with laptops. Cooperative control tools managed the activities resulting in the identification of hundreds of vehicles on roads and under camouflage. The system also indentified types & numbers of aircraft on airfields and identified beach landing areas and sited blue force assets. In total, the group flew 71 sorties - 64 flight hours with no mishaps.