Detail View: Dryden Image Gallery: Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR)
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Title:
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Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR)
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Creator:
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NASA
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Description:
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EC03-0293-15 NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project evaluated the capability of an F/A-18A aircraft as an in-flight refueling tanker with the objective of developing analytical models for an automated aerial refueling system for unmanned air vehicles. The F/A-18 "tanker" aircraft (No. 847) underwent flight test envelope expansion with an aerodynamic pod containing air-refueling equipment carried beneath the fuselage. The second aircraft flew as the receiver aircraft during the study to assess the free-stream hose and drogue dynamics on the F/A-18A. › Read Project Description September 18, 2003 NASA Photo / Carla Thomas
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Date:
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4/23/09
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Identifier:
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299002main_EC03-0293-15_full
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MediaType:
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Image
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Year:
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2009
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