The potential commercial use of the developed technologies is extensive. Examples of key customers that could benefit through use of the developed technologies include: commercial and military aircraft, unmanned combat air vehicles, JSF, future combat systems, land and marine propulsion systems, industrial actuation systems, and robotic applications. The aerospace domain alone has thousands of potential systems to address with this technology.
The successful completion of the proposed work will lead to improvements in the safe operations of commercial and general aviation (GA) aircraft and address the goals of the NASA Space Communication and Navigation Office. The proposed technologies with an emphasis on real-time attitude estimation through the use of a coupled accelerometer array and GPS unit will be directly applicable to Crew Exploration Vehicle, Reusable Launch Vehicles, Unmanned Air Vehicles, Micro Air Vehicles, and future generation general aviation platforms. It will lead to benefits in the form of improved reliability, accuracy, and sustainability of safety-critical aerospace systems.
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