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F-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW):

Flight Test of the F/A-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Airplane, 2007 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20070024435_2007024382.pdf

Aeroelastic Deformation: Adaptation of Wind Tunnel Measurement Concepts to Full-Scale Vehicle Flight Testing, 2005 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20050185552_2005184562.pdf

Flight Test of the F/A-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Airplane, 2005 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20050204120_2005206803.pdf

F-18 Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF):

Development and Testing of the Phase 0 Autonomous Formation Flight Research System, 2004 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20040021341_2004007991.pdf

Flight Test Techniques Used to Evaluate Performance Benefits During Formation Flight, 2002 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030005804_2002108440.pdf

An Overview of Flight Test Results for a Formation Flight Autopilot, 2002 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030005820_2002108433.pdf

F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV):

Design and development of an F/A-18 inlet distortion rake: A cost and time saving solution, 1995 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960003993_1996103993.pdf

Multi-application controls: Robust nonlinear multivariable aerospace controls applications, 1994 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19950007835_1995107835.pdf

A preliminary look at techniques used to obtain airdata from flight at high angles of attack, 1990 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910004140_1991004140.pdf

F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft (SRA):

Aeroservoelastic Uncertainty Model Identification from Flight Data, 2001 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20010071675_2001116024.pdf

Flight Test Experience with an Electromechanical Actuator on the F-18 Systems Research Aircraft, 2000 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20010056304_2001088634.pdf

Flight Demonstration of X-33 Vehicle Health Management System Components on the F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft, 1998 - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20010055588_2001086547.pdf

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