This paper presents a literature survey on aerial manipulation. First of all, an extensive study
of aerial vehicles and manipulation/interaction mechanisms in aerial manipulation is …

An increasing interest over the last decade in developing unmanned aerial systems׳
technologies has prompted research into methods for automating air to air refuelling …

AUTONOMOUS in-flight aerial refueling is an important capability for the future deployment
of unmanned aerial vehicles. 1, 2 Reference 2 provides an overview of the various aspects …

WITH the advent of unmanned flight vehicles, safe and reliable autonomous aerial refueling
(AAR) capabilities become a necessity. Reference [1] presents a good overview of the …

This paper addresses the problem of controlling the receiver aircraft to achieve a successful
aerial refueling. For the performance verification of the controller, a new set of nonlinear, 6 …

AERIAL refueling has been used to extend the range of military aircraft for over 50 years.
There is now interest in the research community [1] to develop efficient and robust control …

UNMANNED air vehicles (UAVs) are playing an important role in today's military initiatives.
They are invaluable in locating time critical targets, reporting enemy positions and …

The paper presents the development of modelling and control strategies for a six-degree-of-
freedom, unmanned combat aerial vehicle with the inclusion of the centre of gravity position …

By refueling aircraft while they are in flight, aerial refueling is an efficient technique to extend
their endurance and range. Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) is anticipated to be used to …

AUTONOMOUS aerial refueling (AAR) is an important method to increase the voyage and
endurance of unmanned aerial vehicles and avoid the conflict between the takeoff weight …