RAP opportunity at Air Force Science and Technology Fellowship Program AF STFP
Distributed Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, Control and Autonomy
Location
Space Vehicles Directorate, RV/Space and Planetary Sciences
opportunity |
location |
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13.40.01.C0670 |
Kirtland Air Force Base, NM 871175776 |
Advisers
name |
email |
phone |
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Sean Phillips |
sean.phillips.9@spaceforce.mil |
505.853.8531 |
Description
This project seeks to develop novel methods, techniques and algorithms for challenging spacecraft guidance, navigation control and autonomy (GNC) problems. Specifically, new approaches are being developed for (a) cooperative safe autonomous spacecraft relative-motion guidance and navigation approaches for rendezvous and proximity operations, (b) efficient distributed task allocation algorithms for optimal or near-optimal task assignment and control, (c) robust and resilient networked communications and data distribution algorithms, (d) verification and validation techniques for nonlinear/multi-mode satellite control algorithms, and (e) coordinated vision-based feature reconstruction, pose estimation and/or relative navigation. Research proposals that address one or more of these topics from a theoretical or experimental perspective are of interest. This research can make use of the experimental facilities at AFRL/RV, including a cooperative multi-agent systems laboratory.
key words
Robust Distributed Control; Autonomous Systems; Robotics; Satellite Systems; Guidance Navigation and Control; Learning; Autonomy; Networked Systems; Stability; Nonlinear Dynamics;
Eligibility
Citizenship:
Open to U.S. citizens
Level:
Open to Postdoctoral and Senior applicants
Stipend
Base Stipend |
Travel Allotment |
Supplementation |
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$95,000.00 |
$5,000.00 |
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Experience Supplement
Postdoctoral and Senior awardees will receive an appropriately higher stipend based on the number of years of experience past their PhD.
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Additional Benefits
Relocation
Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.
Health insurance
A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.