NASA Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR), Dryden history gallery

EC03-0293-15 NASA Dryden's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) project evaluated the capability of an F/A-18A aircraft as an in-flight refueling tanker with the objective of developing analytical models for an automated aerial refueling system for unmanned air vehicles. The F/A-18 "tanker" aircraft (No. 847) underwent flight test envelope expansion with an aerodynamic pod containing air-refueling equipment carried beneath the fuselage. The second aircraft flew as th
e receiver aircraft during the study to assess the free-stream hose and drogue dynamics on the F/A-18A. › Read Project Description September 18, 2003 NASA Photo / Carla Thomas
NASA Identifier: 299002main_EC03-0293-15_full