Steven R. Jacobson

TL;DR: Future system concepts and research directions for preventing aircraft loss-of-control accidents are presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified the causal factors that were cited in the greatest number of loss of control accidents, and which were emphasized most by industry stakeholders, and recommended mitigation strategies to make near-term impacts, mid-term impact, and Next Generation Air Transportation System impacts on the loss-of-control accident statistics.

TL;DR: The first flight test phase of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Autonomous Formation Flight project has successfully demonstrated precision autonomous station-keeping of an F/A-18 research airplane with a second aircraft as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identified causal factors that were cited in the greatest number of loss of control accidents and which were emphasized most by industry stakeholders, and solicited ideas about what solutions are required and future research efforts that could potentially help avoid their occurrence or mitigate their consequences when they occurred in flight.

TL;DR: The first flight test phase of the NASA Dryden Autonomous Formation Flight project successfully demonstrated precision autonomous station keeping of two F/A-18 research aircraft.