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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 95 - Salt Lake City - March 2005
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.2 Research Institutions, Industry and University Reports 4.2.2 Universities 4.2.2.1 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
Title	Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
Presenter	James Paduano
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Abstract	MIT has been participating in UAV coordination, guidance, and control for several years in programs such as SEC, MICA, PALACE, and ONR-AINS. In this context, MIT has developed technologies that are ripe for transition to UAV applications. Nascent Technology Corporation was formed in 2001 to perform these transitions and commercialize technologies in the following areas: aggressive rotorcraft UAVs, tools for multi-vehicle coordination, and UAV flight test services. In the area of aggressive rotorcraft UAVs, MIT’s aggressive miniature helicopter has been upgraded for longer missions and higher payloads, automatic take-off and landing, and interface through an API with user control stations. In the area of multi-vehicle coordination, NTC (with consulting from MIT) has created operator interfaces for TTWCS and for implementation of Army CONOPs – motivated “deceptive” search and convoy route recon. Algorithms such as MILP, simulated annealing, and randomized search have been transitioned from MIT to NTC. In the area of flight test, our low-cost UAVs, low altitude operations, and simple protocols allow us to test coordinated algorithms, sensors, and avionics components at extremely low cost. To date we have provided flight test support to MIT and Lockheed Martin Systems Integration in Owego. See www.nascent-tech.com for further details.