Astronautics books

With the success of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in Operations Allied Force, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom,...  Read More >>

A number of studies suggest that the deep stall flow fields produced by a pure-pitch and a pure-plunge oscillating...  Read More >>

This investigation focuses primarily on the development of effective target engagement for unmanned aerial vehicle...  Read More >>

Spacecraft charging threatens to disable spacecraft components and adversely impact any satellite function. Electrostatic...  Read More >>

An orbit that lies on a Kolmogorov, Arnold, and Moser (KAM) Torus will remain on that torus until and unless it...  Read More >>

Micro Air Vehicles (MAV) are a subset of Unmanned Aircraft (UAS) that are up to two orders of magnitude smaller...  Read More >>

By the year 2025 advances in solar energy collection and energy storage will enable the construction of a solar...  Read More >>

Cooper-Harper ratings (CHRs) have been used to describe and compare aircraft handling qualities for over 40 years,...  Read More >>

Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) type devices, when used as plasma actuators, have shown significant promise for...  Read More >>

Budget constraints are forcing prioritization on future spending for Air Mobility Command's weapon systems. As the...  Read More >>

Lattice grid fins have been studied for missile tail control for several years. A lattice grid fin can be described...  Read More >>

Five methods of non-destructive material evaluation (NDE) were used to inspect various forms of damage commonly...  Read More >>

Reusable launch vehicles have many benefits over their expendable counterparts. These benefits range from cost reductions...  Read More >>

Fuel-air mixing analysis of scramjet aircraft is often performed through experimental research or computational...  Read More >>

The purpose of this research is to compare the costs associated with the transition to hydrogen aircraft for Air...  Read More >>

There are two basic ways to control an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) as it searches for targets: allow the...  Read More >>

A technique is developed to determine the orbit of a sunlight illuminated satellite passing through the field-of-view...  Read More >>

This research explored the implementation of Protocol Independent Multicasting - Dense Mode (PIM-DM) in a LEO satellite...  Read More >>

This paper examines the Air Force's need to aggressively pursue development of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) sensors...  Read More >>

The Australian Defence Force is investigating the development of a space surveillance system. While several dedicated...  Read More >>

This research effort examines the static affects of a KC-135 flowfield on a flexible winged Sensorcraft model. The...  Read More >>

The research presented in this thesis focuses on developing, demonstrating, and evaluating the concept of a Cursor-on-Target...  Read More >>

The application of computer technology in modern cockpits has resulted in sophisticated automation that has created...  Read More >>

The objective of this research is to evaluate the impact of increasing the labor burn rate, one of the High Velocity...  Read More >>

Tethered satellite system end masses do not obey the normal laws of motion developed for determining their orbits....  Read More >>