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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 108 - Gettysburg - October 2011
Agenda Location	5 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 5.2 Government Agencies Summary Reports 5.2.1 NASA 5.2.1.1 Dryden
Title	Dryden
Presenter	Steve Jacobson
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Abstract	Steve Jacobson NASA Dryden Flight Research Center October 2011 Abstract NASA Dryden has been engaging in some exciting work that will enable lighter weight and more fuel efficient vehicles through advanced control and dynamics technologies. The main areas of emphasis are “Enabling Light-weight Flexible Structures”, real time control surface optimization for fuel efficiency and autonomous formation flight. This presentation provides a desciption of the current and upcoming work in these areas. Additionally, status is provided for the automatic collision Avoidance work and autonomous aerial refueling of the Global Hawk UAS’s.