Special Issue "Aerospace Guidance, Navigation and Control"

A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Astronautics & Space Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2022.

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Daero Lee
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Department of Aerospace Science and Engineering, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088, USA
Interests: orbital mechanics, astrodynamics and spacecraft GNC; spacecraft trajectory optimization; orbit determination using GPS; spacecraft navigation and control for asteroid exploration; rendezvous, proximity operations and docking of spacecraft; aircraft flight control; spacecraft attitude determination and control

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) capability is a critical component of every aerospace vehicle and spacecraft system. Emerging applications in spacecraft attitude determination and control system, on-orbit proximity operations and planetary exploration, and aircraft flight control and navigation system are driving researchers to develop innovative GNC technologies. I am pleased to announce this special issue of Aerospace, and invite manuscripts that highlight recent advances in this field. The scope of this special issue will include:

  • GNC system design
  • Design and analysis of orbit/attitude determination and control systems.
  • Spacecraft formation flying
  • Spacecraft rendenzvous, proximity operations and docking
  • Spacecraft control and navigation for moon, mars and asteroid exploration
  • Spacecraft trajectory optimization
  • Aircraft flight control and navigation
  • GNSS/INS navigation
Dr. Daero Lee
Guest Editor

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A Hybrid Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Control for Improving Flying Qualities of Asymmetric Store Configuration Aircraft
Aerospace 2021, 8(5), 126; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8050126 - 02 May 2021
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Highly maneuverability fighter aircrafts are equipped with various weapons for successful air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. The aircraft has abrupt transient response due to ejection force generated when store of one wing is launched and the movement of lateral center-of-gravity (YCG) changing by the [...] Read more.
Highly maneuverability fighter aircrafts are equipped with various weapons for successful air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. The aircraft has abrupt transient response due to ejection force generated when store of one wing is launched and the movement of lateral center-of-gravity (YCG) changing by the mass distribution of both wings after launched. Under maintaining 1 g level flight with manual trim system in the asymmetric store configuration, the aircraft causes unexpected roll motion for the pure longitudinal maneuver because the change of AoA and airspeed changes the amount of trim for level flight of the aircraft. For this reason, the pilot should continuously use the roll control stick input to maintain level flight. This characteristic increases the pilot’s workload and adversely affects the flying qualities of the aircraft, which is a major cause of deteriorating mission efficiency for combat maneuver. In this paper, we propose a hybrid control that combines model- and sensor-based Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion (INDI) control based mathematical model of the supersonic advanced trainer to minimize the transient response of the aircraft when the store is launched and to effectively reduce the unexpected roll motion that occurs for the pure longitudinal maneuvering in the asymmetric store configuration. As a result of the frequency- and time-domain evaluation, the proposed control method can effectively reduce the transient response for store launch and minimize unexpected roll motion for the pure longitudinal maneuver. Therefore, this control method can effectively improve flying qualities and mission efficiency by reducing the pilot’s workload in the operation of the asymmetric store configuration. Full article
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