Manned-unmanned aircraft teaming

Unmanned aerial vehicles, due to their incredible development, relatively low cost, and low risk to human can become a prime candidate for the teaming with manned aircraft in performing complex/dangerous missions. There are various challenges and techniques for manned-unmanned aircraft collaboration. This paper introduces the concept of manned-unmanned aircraft teaming, as well as teaming categories. The technical differences between two team members; namely human pilot and autopilot are discussed. In addition, the teaming formulation, teaming laws, decision making process and communication between human pilot and autopilot is developed. An optimal control law for the state-space representation of the teaming is finally presented.

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