A review of optimization techniques in spacecraft flight trajectory design

R Chai, A Savvaris, A Tsourdos, S Chai… - Progress in aerospace …, 2019 - Elsevier
For most atmospheric or exo-atmospheric spacecraft flight scenarios, a well-designed
trajectory is usually a key for stable flight and for improved guidance and control of the …

Review of advanced low-emission technologies for sustainable aviation

K Ranasinghe, K Guan, A Gardi, R Sabatini - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Turbofan engines are the most widely used propulsion technology in commercial transport
aircraft and are directly involved in many of the environmental impacts of aviation …

Robust aircraft trajectory planning under uncertain convective environments with optimal control and rapidly developing thunderstorms

D González-Arribas, M Soler, M Sanjurjo-Rivo… - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Convective weather, and thunderstorm development in particular, represents a major source
of disruption, delays and safety hazards in the Air Traffic Management system …

Space traffic management: towards safe and unsegregated space transport operations

S Hilton, R Sabatini, A Gardi, H Ogawa… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2019 - Elsevier
Progress in spaceflight research has led to the introduction of various manned and
unmanned reusable space vehicle concepts, opening up uncharted opportunities for the …

Cyber awareness trends in avionics

E Blasch, R Sabatini, A Roy, KA Kramer… - 2019 IEEE/AIAA 38th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent examples driving an increased need for cyber awareness include unmanned aerial
vehicles (DAVs) in the airspace, development of the Automatic dependent surveillance …

Optimal energy-based 4D guidance and control for terminal descent operations

Y Lim, A Gardi, R Sabatini, K Ranasinghe… - Aerospace Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents an energy-optimal guidance and control strategy for 4-dimensional (4D)
Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) in the descent phase, supporting the development of 4D …

Hybridization of training aircraft with real world flight profiles

T Donateo, R Totaro - Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze real-world flight data of a piston engine
training aircraft collected from an internet-based radar service, along with wind data …

Automated optimal flight planning based on the aircraft intent description language

D González-Arribas, M Soler… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The future air traffic management system is to be built around the notion of trajectory-based
operations. It will rely on automated tools related to trajectory prediction in order to define …

Meteorological Risk Early Warning System for Air Operations

JAF Zuluaga, JDO Pabón, JFV Bonilla… - … on Technology and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today, airspace control has the challenge of merging information from independent and
heterogeneous systems in order to minimize air safety risks and facilitate the decision …

Trajectory optimization of extended formation flights for commercial aviation

S Hartjes, HG Visser, MEG van Hellenberg Hubar - Aerospace, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a trajectory optimization study that has been conducted using a recently
developed tool for the synthesis and analysis of extended flight formations of long-haul …