Mr
Steve
McLaughlin
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Steve McLaughlin received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Clemson University in 1999 and has since worked as an engineer at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). In his time at NAVAIR, he has served as a weapons and stores flight test engineer and as a Senior Engineer for the Fuel Containment and Aerial Refuelling Systems Branch. Steve has supported the design and development of the KC-130J, F-35, Buddystore (F-18) and X-47 air-to-air refuelling systems. He is an active member in the Aerial Refuelling Systems Advisory Group (ARSAG) where he serves as co-chair of the Automated Aerial Refuelling Group. In 2017, NAVAIR recognized him as an Associate Fellow for Fuel Containment and Air-to-Air Refuelling Systems.
Information provided is current as of June 2018
From the Author
Standardizing Automated Air-to-Air Refuelling
Considerations for a NATO Concept of Operations
Researchers have been studying the possibility of refuelling aircraft without a human at the controls for nearly two decades. Finally, that research is coming to fruition. In 2007, an Automated Aerial Refuelling Demonstration (AARD) achieved [...]
