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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 93 - Colorado Springs - March 2004
Agenda Location	8 SUBCOMMITTEE D – DYNAMICS, COMPUTATIONS, AND ANALYSIS 8.4 F-18 Flight Test Program for V10.7 Control Law Configuration
Title	F-18 Flight Test Program for V10.7 Control Law Configuration
Presenter	Robert David
Affiliation	Naval Air Systems Command
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Abstract	Over the life of the program, 20 F/A-18 A-D aircraft have been lost to out-of-control flight. In 2000, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) contracted with the Boeing Aircraft Company to upgrade the Flight Control Computer software of the F/A-18 A-D aircraft to improve departure resistance and recovery. The purpose of the program was to retrofit control laws developed for the F/A-18 E/F aircraft into the earlier model aircraft. The purpose of this presentation is to provide a overview of the control law architecture, describe some of the challenges associated with changing the control laws in a legacy aircraft, and to show examples of the results by showing back-to-back comparisons of old control laws.