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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 112 - Annapolis, Maryland - October 2013
Agenda Location	10 SUBCOMMITTEE A – AERONAUTIC AND SURFACE VEHICLES 10.3 From In-flight Simulators to UAV Surrogates
Title	From In-flight Simulators to UAV Surrogates
Presenter	Lou Knotts and Ryan McMahon
Affiliation	Calspan Corporation
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Abstract	Ryan McMahon Lou Knotts A discussion is included about the traditional role of in-flight simulators as handling quality evaluation testbeds and the development and refinement of the control laws for new aircraft designs. More recent use has been oriented a great deal toward their use as a risk reduction tool for the development of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). Two major example programs are discussed – the Automatic Air Refueling program both for boom and receptacle type refueling as well as probe and drogue refueling, and the Sense and Avoid project which is intended to help test the technology needed to fly UAVs in the National Airspace. In addition, as a training testbed for training Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) test operators several projects have been done in support of the USAF Test Pilot School. Finally, in view of the volume constraints inherent in the Learjet size aircraft, the potential for future UAV surrogate work exists by using the Calspan GIII testbed by interfacing the UAV flight control commands through the aircraft autopilot.