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IN-FLIGHT ADAPTIVE CONTROL USING NEURAL NETWORKS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 9782
Amount: $49,991.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
5501 Oberlin Dr
San Diego, CA 92121
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Geoffrey J Hueter
 (619) 546-8877
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

REAL-TIME FLIGHT CONTROL IS OFTEN IMPLEMENTED USING CONTROL SYSTEMS AND PRE-PROGRAMMED CONTROLLER SOFTWARE TAILORED TO A SINGLE APPLICATION. HNC, INC. PROPOSES TO BUILD AN ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK CONTROLLER WHICH DOES NOT NEED TO BE PROGRAMMED BUT RATHER CREATES AN INTERNAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTROL LAW AS A RESPONSE TO THE ACTION OF THE SYSTEM BEING CONTROLLED OR A SIMULATION THEREOF. HNC, WITH THE COOPERATION OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE OPERATION OF AN ADAPTIVE NEURAL NETWORK FLIGHT CONTROLLER. PHASE I WILL CONVER THE EXTENSION OF HNC/UTC'S CURRENT NEURAL NETWORK CONTROLLER TO INCLUDE IN-FLIGHT RE-CONFIGURATION, AS WELL AS A DEFINITION OF THE HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS AND CORRESPONDING ARCHITECTURE FOR A REAL-TIME SYSTEM. PHASE II WOULD INVOLVE DEMONSTRATING THE CONTROLLER IN REAL-TIME FOR AN AIRFRAME TO BE SELECTED BY AFWAL AND DESIGNING A DEPLOYABLE CONTROLLER. A THIRD PHASE OF THE PROGRAM WOULD BE DIRECTED TOWARD THE PRODUCTION AND FLIGHT TEST OF THE PROTOTYPE NEURAL NETWORK CONTROLLER.

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