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Editors
Editor-in-Chief-Peter K. Willett
Associate Editor-in-Chief-David F.
Crouse
VP Publications-Maria S. Greco
AESS President-Joe Fabrizio
Executive Assistant, AESS-
Jane Buckingham

Contributing Editors
Awards-Erwin C. Gangl
Book Reviews Editor-Darin Dunham
Conferences-Mark Davis
Distinguished Lecturers &
Tutorials-Kathleen Kramer
Education-Kathleen Kramer
History-Hugh D. Griffiths
Student Research-Wenbo Dou,
Federico Lombardi
Technical Panels-Walter Downing
Tutorials Editor-W. Dale Blair
Website Updates-Judy Scharmann

Associate Editors and Areas of
Specialty
Scott Bawden-Energy Conversion
Systems
Erik Blasch, Roberto Sabatini-
Avionics Systems
Dietrich Franken-Communications,
Signal Processing, and Data Fusion
David Crouse-Target Tracking
Mauro De Sanctis-Signal Processing
and Communication in Aerospace
Systems
Michael Braasch-Navigation,
Positioning
Giancarmine Fasano-UAS
Daniel O'Hagan-Radar Systems
Open-Astronautic and Aeronautic
Systems
Haiying Liu-Control System
Engineering and Robotic Systems
Michael Cardinale-Electro-Optic and
Infrared Systems, Image Processing
Ruhai Wang-Systems Engineering
Peter Willett-Multi-Sensor Systems

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March 2019

ISSN 0885-8985

Volume 34 Number 3

COLUMNS
In This Issue - Technically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FEATURE ARTICLES
The Adaptive Avionics Platform
Bjoern Annighoefer, Marc Riedlinger, Oliver Marquardt, Reza Ahmadi,
Bernd Schulz, Matthias Brunner, Reinhard Reichel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Robust Cooperative Target Detection for a Vision-Based UAVs Autonomous
Aerial Refueling Platform via the Contrast Sensitivity Mechanism of
Eagle's Eye
Haibin Duan, Long Xin, Shanjun Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mid-Sea and Land Based Wind Measurement for Technology Demonstrator
S. Femina Beegum, R. Gopakumar, J. Girija . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ARIES: An Autonomous Controller For Multirobot Cooperation
Fernando Ropero, Pablo Mu~
noz, Marıa D. R-Moreno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Energy-Efficient Routing Algorithm Based on Localization and Clustering
Techniques for Agricultural Applications
Sabrine Khriji, Dhouha El Houssaini, Ines Kammoun, Kamel Besbes,
Olfa Kanoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NEWS AND INFORMATION
Call for Papers IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine Special
Issue on Noise Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2019 Aerospace & Electronics Systems Society Distinguished Lecturers .

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AESS Meetings and Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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