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Estimating the Vertical Structure of Weather-Induced Mission Costs for Small UAS by Bird, John J, Richardson, Scott J, Langelaan, Jack W

“…The performance of small uninhabited aerial systems (UAS) is very sensitive to the atmospheric state. Improving awareness of the environment and its impact on…”
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The AutoSOAR autonomous soaring aircraft, part 1: Autonomy algorithms by Depenbusch, Nathan T., Bird, John J., Langelaan, Jack W.

“…Autonomous soaring has the potential to greatly improve both the range and endurance of small robotic aircraft. This paper describes an autonomous soaring…”
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The AutoSOAR autonomous soaring aircraft part 2: Hardware implementation and flight results by Depenbusch, Nathan T., Bird, John J., Langelaan, Jack W.

“…Autonomous soaring has the potential to greatly improve both the range and endurance of small robotic aircraft. This paper describes the results of a test…”
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Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Agile Guidance of Fixed-Wing sUAS by Hirst, C. Alexander, Bird, John J., Reale, Christopher, Frew, Eric

“…We present an onboard receding-horizon optimization-based nonlinear guidance controller for path-following control of a fixed-wing small uninhabited aircraft…”
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A Gazebo/ROS-based Communication-Realistic Simulator for Networked sUAS by Moon, Sangwoo, Bird, John J., Borenstein, Steve, Frew, Eric W.

“…Although communication is a critical factor of situational awareness and performance on networked sUAS, most simulators do not provide realistic wireless…”
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Modern and prospective technologies for weather modification activities: A first demonstration of integrating autonomous uncrewed aircraft systems by DeFelice, T.P., Axisa, D., Bird, John J., Hirst, C. Alexander, Frew, Eric W., Burger, R.P., Baumgardner, D., Botha, Gerhard, Havenga, Henno, Breed, Dan, Bornstein, S., Choate, C., Gomez-Faulk, Ceu, Rhodes, Michael

“…We successfully implemented a framework involving an uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) with atmospheric and cloud microphysical sensing and autonomous adaptive…”
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Fluorescein retinal angiographic studies of functional amblyopia by Romano, P E, Bird, J J

“…Bilateral fluorescein retinal angiographic studies were performed on six persons with unilateral functional strabismic amblyopia. The angiograms were studied…”
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