Download or read book Navy Unmanned Aerial Refueling System written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NAVY UNMANNED AERIAL REFUELING SYSTEM: Acquisition Addresses Validated Requirements and Reflects a Knowledge-Based Approach

Download or read book AERIAL REFUELING THE FIRST CENTURY written by UGO VICENZI and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-27 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents history, methods, airplanes and operators in the area of Aerial Refueling, it shows an historical analysis from the first attempts in the aeronautical circuses, up to the affirmation as a military necessity after World War II and the subsequent expansion in many air forces Contents: - Development from the first attempts of 1929 to the first flight around the world without a stop - Detailed presentation of the various methods attempted in history, with drawings and photographs, - Description of types of aircraft in service performing in-flight refueling - Presentation of Air Forces, Units, their history, the strategic reasons that have developed the need for a fleet of tankers for the current 34 air forces, the future ones, as well as commercial operators - Presentation of of some unusual aircraft refueling attempts and vision on in-flight refueling systems in the - Fully illustrated with over 700 color images and drawings - 200 pages

Download or read book The NASA Dryden Flight Test Approach to an Aerial Refueling System written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of uninhabited aerial vehicles (UAVs) into controlled airspace has generated a new era of autonomous technologies and challenges. Autonomous aerial refueling would enable UAVs to travel further distances and loiter for extended periods over time-critical targets. The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center recently has completed a flight research project directed at developing a dynamic hose and drogue system model to support the development of an automated aerial refueling system. A systematic dynamic model of the hose and drogue system would include the effects of various influences on the system, such as flight condition, hose and drogue type, tanker type and weight, receiver type, and tanker and receiver maneuvering. Using two NASA F/A-18 aircraft and a conventional hose and drogue aerial refueling store from the Navy, NASA has obtained flight research data that document the response of the hose and drogue system to these effects. Preliminary results, salient trends, and important lessons are presentedHansen, Jennifer L. and Murray, James E. and Campos, Norma V.Armstrong Flight Research CenterAIR TO AIR REFUELING; DYNAMIC MODELS; AUTONOMY; F-18 AIRCRAFT; TIME DEPENDENCE

Download or read book Military Air Refueling written by Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two excellent books provide a wealth of history and information about mid-air military aircraft refueling. Air Force Air Refueling for Naval Operations - History, Practice, and Recommendations - Chapter 1 - SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF AIR REFUELING * Flight of Question Mark * Civilian and British Interest in Air Refueling * United States Renews Interest in Air Refueling * Strategic Air Command Develops a Tanker Fleet * Tactical Air Command Desires Tankers * United States Navy Develops Tankers * Single Manager System * Air Refueling in Southeast Asia * Introduction of the KC-10 * Summary * Notes * Chapter 2 - EFFORTS TOWARD UNITED STATES AIR FORCE/NAVY JOINT OPERATIONS * Jointness Grows in 1975-76 * Memorandum of Understanding of 1981 * Memorandum of Understanding of 1982 * Memorandum of Understanding of 1983 * Naval Land-Based Tanker Proposal * Memorandum of Understanding of 1988 * Tanker Management System and Air Force Allocation * Air Force Regulation 55-47, Air Refueling Management * Naval Air Refuelings Increase * Problem Areas * Notes * Chapter 3 - A JOINT AIR REFUELING PUBLICATION IS REQUIRED * Maritime Strategy Includes Use of Land-Based Tankers * Strategic Air Command's Single Manager System and Naval Requirements * Land-Based Tankers Can Increase Naval Capabilities * Additional Land-Based Tanker Enhancements * Enhancements Are Not without Concern * Recommendations * Notes * Appendix A - A Proposed Concept of Operations between the Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Navy on Land-Based Tanker (Air-Refueling) Support for Maritime Operations (Air) * Appendix B - A Chronological Compilation of Navy/Air Force Memorandums of Agreement/Understanding Concerning Aerial Refueling Operations Air Refueling: Without Tankers, We Cannot...: Flight of the "Question Mark" * Air Refueling Development Lags * Extending "the Reach" * Refueling Fighters * Development of the Modern Air Refuelers * A Wing Perspective of Air Refueling History * Air Refuelers in the Vietnam Conflict * Air Refueling and Airlift * Air Refueling and Special Operations * Operation El Dorado Canyon * Extraordinary Air Refueling Effort: The Persian Gulf War * Air Refueling's Ongoing Role in the War on Terror * The Invisible Aircrews * Appendix 1: General Carl A. "Tooey" Spaatz Trophy * Appendix 2: Brigadier General Ross G. Hoyt Award * Appendix 3: Senior Master Sergeant Albert L. Evans Award On 1 January 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft, with a crew of five aboard, climbed into the southern California sky. This aircraft, dubbed the Question Mark, was not history's first air refueling mission, but it played a crucial role in the beginning of air refueling efforts and in the development of the US Army Air Corps. In fact, the first attempts at air refueling started in 1921 with five-gallon gas cans. On 2 October 1921, a US Navy lieutenant in the back of a Huff-Daland HD-4 used a grappling hook to snag a gas can from a float in the Potomac River, and on 21 November, a wing walker with a gas can strapped to his back climbed from an airborne Lincoln Standard to a Curtiss JN-4 and proceeded to pour the gas into the aircraft's tank. While these two publicity stunts deserve mention, the first air-to-air refueling using a gravity-flow hose occurred in 1923. Earlier that year, the US Army Air Service had equipped two De Haviland DH-4Bs with inflight hoses. After installation, testing, and preparation, the Army Air Service was ready to put it to use, and on 27 June, one of the DH-4s flew a 6-hour and 38-minute flight that included two air refuelings. Testing continued through much of 1923 until 18 November, when the hose became entangled in the right wings of the two aircraft. Lieutenant P. T. Wagner, the pilot of the refueler, was killed in the accident.

Download or read book Range Unlimited written by Bill Holder and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Range Unlimited covers the developmental history of aerial refueling, including the United States and other countries, as well as modern advancements and technologies. Also covered are the current aerial refueling model types and configurations used in the world today, as well as a look at what refueling techniques may be applied in the 21st century and beyond.

Download or read book Breakaway a Look at the Integration of Aerial Refueling and Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Future Operations written by Robert R. Basom and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmanned aircraft are rapidly becoming the platform of choice for military and governmental leaders. In recent years, the United States Government has expressed great interest in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for military and other governmental agencies. With an almost insatiable appetite to gain information immediately, commanders want a persistent, responsive platform at their beck and call. However, the demand greatly outnumbers the availability of platforms, so leaders are looking at the possibility of air refueling unmanned platforms that will prolong their loiter time. Because of the senior leader pressure to get a persistent presence of unmanned aircraft through air refueling, they might have waived the "sanity check" for this, or overlooked a better way to achieve the goal. The future force of 2025 will undoubtedly include many unmanned aircraft and manned aircraft. This thesis investigates how aerial refueling and unmanned aircraft will interact in the future. The author concludes that tanker aircraft modified with multiple drogue refueling points, flying in an anchor orbit, or using track refueling would best augment future unmanned aircraft operations.

Download or read book Defense Science Board Task Force report on aerial refueling requirements written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aerial refueling capabilities are an essential enabler of U.S. power projection and other critic at national missions. OPERATIONS ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM (OEF and OIF) could not have happened without these aerial refueling capabilities. Aerial refueling makes possible rapid deployment of forces to contingencies and the elective employment of those forces in the contingencies. In OIF there were over 8500 aerial refueling sorties flown and about 450 million pounds of fuel off loaded. In addition, aerial refueling remains a critical element in supporting the bomber leg of U.S. nuclear forces and other special national security missions. The task force was charged to evaluate current aerial refueling capability and to identify and evaluate alternative means of meeting future aerial refueling requirements.

Download or read book Autonomous Vehicles in Support of Naval Operations written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-08-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been used in military operations for more than 60 years, with torpedoes, cruise missiles, satellites, and target drones being early examples.1 They have also been widely used in the civilian sector-for example, in the disposal of explosives, for work and measurement in radioactive environments, by various offshore industries for both creating and maintaining undersea facilities, for atmospheric and undersea research, and by industry in automated and robotic manufacturing. Recent military experiences with AVs have consistently demonstrated their value in a wide range of missions, and anticipated developments of AVs hold promise for increasingly significant roles in future naval operations. Advances in AV capabilities are enabled (and limited) by progress in the technologies of computing and robotics, navigation, communications and networking, power sources and propulsion, and materials. Autonomous Vehicles in Support of Naval Operations is a forward-looking discussion of the naval operational environment and vision for the Navy and Marine Corps and of naval mission needs and potential applications and limitations of AVs. This report considers the potential of AVs for naval operations, operational needs and technology issues, and opportunities for improved operations.

Download or read book Military aircraft DOD needs to determine its aerial refueling aircraft requirements report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Policy Options for Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAS written by Bernard Kempinski and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UAS¿s hold great promise for the military, but technology has only recently matured enough to exploit that potential. Much as the stealth fighter and Patriot missile came to public attention during the 1991 Gulf War, surveillance and missile-attack operations by Predator UAS have been publicized in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The DoD¿s 2012 plan calls for purchasing more of the existing UAS for current operations, improving the systems already in service, and designing more-capable UAS for the future. This report compares the costs of DoD's plans and the capabilities those plans might provide for reconnaissance and light attack missions with the costs and capabilities of some alternative options. Illus. This is a print on demand report.

Download or read book Aerial Refueling Initiative written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO assessed the performance of the air refueling tanker force during Operation Desert Storm. GAO found that: (1) in late 1990, the Air Force initiated a tactical air refueling standardization package; (2) the cost to modify 3,000 F-15 and F-16 fighters and 250 tankers could be offset by the retirement of 26 KC-135 tankers; (3) the tactical air refueling initiative is intended to increase efficiency, effectiveness, interoperability, and safety during multiservice air operations; (4) the Air Force has significantly downsized and restructured the refueling initiative; (5) the assumptions used in an air staff multipoint utility study were not well founded and understated the benefits of twin off-load points; (6) the technical and operational concerns about retrofitting fighters with probes have been exaggerated; (7) the Air Force is satisfied with its refueling system and is unwilling to commit its resources to a different refueling system; (8) Desert Storm air refueling operations confirmed the advantages of multipoint refueling and pointed out additional benefits during air space-constrained operations; (9) retrofitting 15 KC-10 aircraft with twin off-load points may not be cost-effective if the Air Force does not add probes to its fighter aircraft; and (10) the Air Force is proposing to address Navy air refueling requirements by adding multipoint refueling capabilities to 75 KC-135 tankers.

Download or read book Designing the U S Navy s Underway Replenishment System written by Marvin Owen Miller and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aerial Refueling written by Marck R. Cobb and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Automated Aerial Refueling Research written by Jacob Hinchman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefing reports on multi-vehicle wind tunnel tests conducted by Bihrle to obtain interaction data between a KC-135 tanker and a UAV receiver. The data will be used to develop a refueling simulation to evaluate controllability and preliminary automated designs for UAV refueling. The briefing discusses use of this data with a combination of automatic refueling and collision avoidance. This is very preliminary data on interactions. It has military application for advanced UAV refueling.

Download or read book Aerial Refuelling Initiative written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Unmanned Aerial Systems written by Jeremiah Gertler and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To be sure, manned systems could accomplish many if not all of the same goals. But "unmanned systems reduce the risk to our warfighters by providing a sophisticated stand-off capability that supports intelligence, command and control, targeting, and weapons delivery. These systems also improve situational awareness and reduce many of the emotional hazards inherent in air and ground combat, thus decreasing the likelihood of causing civilian noncombatant casualties." "UAVs have gained favor as ways to reduce risk to combat troops, the cost of hardware and the reaction time in a surgical strike" and "to conduct missions in areas that are difficult to access or otherwise considered too high-risk for manned aircraft or personnel on the ground."--Page 3 (author).

Download or read book Multipoint Aerial Refueling written by Paul S. Killingsworth and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work is part of a larger effort undertaken by RAND at the request of the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces, to review and evaluate current allocations among the Armed Forces of roles, missions, and functions and to make recommendations for changes in the current definition and distribution of those roles, missions and functions.