F-15 S/MTD, ACTIVE, IFCS Clip Collection

DFRC - Dryden Flight Research Center

IFCS - Intelligent Flight Control System

ACTIVe - Advanced Control Technology for Integrated Vehicle

S/MTD - Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator

PYBBN - Pitch Yaw balanced Beam Nozzle

"F-15 ACTIVE: In cooperation with Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and the U.S. Air Force, NASA is maturing thrust vectoring technology so as to enable flight critical propulsion system integration into the flight control system. This technology will provide lower life cycle cost, simplified manufacturing, higher reliability, enhanced performance and safety, as well as lower observability for future fighter and transport aircraft. - http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/pastprojects/Active/index.html"

"IFCS: The Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) flight research project is designed to evaluate self-learning neural network concepts into flight control software that can efficiently optimize aircraft performance in both normal and failure conditions, enabling a pilot to maintain control and safely land an aircraft that has suffered a major systems failure or combat damage. The IFCS testbed aircraft is a highly-modified NF-15B. An advanced, fully redundant IFCS software may be test-flown on an Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft in the future. - http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/research/IFCS/index.html"

"F-15 S/MTD: Developed as a technology demonstrator, the F-15 S/MTD carried out research for studying the effects of vectored thrust and enhanced maneuverability"

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• F-14
• F-15
• F-16
• F-18
• F-22
• Raptor
• F-35
• USAF
• NASA
• AoA
• Super
• Maneuverability
• TVC
• PYBBN
• ACTIVE
• IFCS
• S/MTD
• thrust
• vectoring