A morphing missile aims to get optimal flight performances at different flight conditions by a
variable aerodynamic shape according to the requirements of multiple missions. For a long …

An aircraft or projectile flying across a range of mission legs or flight regimes inherently
requires a compromise in performance. An aircraft can be well suited for a cruise or dash …

This paper investigates a fast and reliable method to optimize the terminal trajectory with
multi-constraints for morphing-wing missile to enlarge the maximum final velocity, and …

Morphing wings for winged tactical missile are gaining increasing concern for their potential
to improve flight performance. However, morphing wings bring some new challenges to …

Morphing aircraft can achieve optimum performances at multiple flight conditions through
large geometry deformations. However, to obtain the optimum configurations, optimization …

Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs) are believed by many to be the future of aerial
strike/reconnaissance capability. This belief led to the design of the UCAV 1303 by Boeing …

Morphing-wing concepts have received growing interests in the recent years for enhancing
the multi-mission performance of unmanned aerial vehicle. However, to obtain a feasible …

The use of pattern search and gradient-based optimization methods to determine optimal
geometries of morphing guided unpowered projectiles are examined. An investigation of …

A morphing aircraft can adapt its configuration to suit different types of tasks, which is also an
important requirement of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The successful development of …