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CEAS EuroGNC 2026

Advances in Active Flow Control, Control Allocation, and L1 Robust Control
Michael Niestroy Senior Fellow for Control Sciences, Lockheed Martin Aero, Skunk Works
Abstract:
This talk focuses on three control-related research and development efforts involving Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. The first two are part of NATO-sponsored Applied Vehicle Technology (AVT) efforts; one long-standing effort on maturing active flow control for aircraft and the second on flight testing of control allocation methods on a small remotely piloted vehicle. The third part of the presentation highlights our efforts in developing a bolt-on L1 robust control methodology. For this last topic, some of the underlying concepts are presented first, followed by flight test results of those algorithms on the X-62A VISTA at the US Edwards Air Force Base facility. Results are shown in graph form along with a short HUD video. The presentation wraps with some going-forward thoughts on the technologies discussed.
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 View PDF CEAS-GNC-2026-K01 doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-K01


Michael Niestroy: Advances in Active Flow Control, Control Allocation, and L1 Robust Control. Proceedings of the 2026 CEAS EuroGNC conference. Madrid, Spain. May 2026. doi: 10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-K01.
BibTeX entry (UTF-8):

@Incollection{CEAS-GNC-2026-K01,
    author = {Niestroy, Michael},
    title = {Advances in Active Flow Control, Control Allocation, and L1 Robust Control},
    booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 {CEAS EuroGNC} conference},
    address = {Madrid, Spain},
    month = may,
    year = {2026},
    doi = {10.82124/CEAS-GNC-2026-K01}
}