Landing an aerial vehicle is a very challenging problem. Pilots spend numerous hours
practicing touchdowns because of the risk involved during landing phase. Developing …

This article deals with the disturbance attenuation control of aircraft flying through wind
shear via Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) modeling and control method. A Flight Dynamics …

RECENT years have seen the unprecedented development of various unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) and their growing applications in both military and civilian domains. Among …

This paper proposes a novel infrared camera array guidance system with capability to track
and provide real time position and speed of a fixed-wing Unmanned air vehicle (UAV) …

This paper presents the application of sliding mode control technique for the design of a
nonlinear aircraft controller to execute autonomous landing maneuvers. Complete aircraft …

Automatic landing of aircraft is a challenging guidance and control task that requires multiple
feedback loops and a precise sequence of actions. Increasing operational flexibility and …

This paper describes our work on autonomous landing control of fixed-wing unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs). A hierarchical control structure is developed for autonomous landing …

The paper focuses on the aircraft automatic control in longitudinal plane, during landing,
taking into account the sensor errors and disturbances. Aircraft auto-landing is achieved by …

An adaptive backstepping controller is designed for the automatic landing of a fixed-wing
aircraft. The backstepping control scheme is adopted by using the nonlinear six degree-of …

Nonlinear control using feedback linearization method is employed to develop automatic
landing controller for a fighter aircraft. The three-degree-of-freedom nonlinear aircraft model …