CUSTOMERS PAGE 32 HOMER Take-off: A Review With HOMER (HOver ManoEuvRe), Airbus Defence and Space had developed an innovative two-in-one prototype for future space vehicles that masters both landing and hovering maneuvers. Two dSPACE MicroAutoBoxes were on board to control the test fl ights. one of Airbus Defence and Space’s five most distinguished projects. Its goal was to assess the maturity of new technologies and the associ- ated know-how, and to develop new key competencies. HOMER can be thought of as a kind of incubator A t Airbus Defence and Space, the HOMER project was a novelty when it comes to the products it used. For the very fi rst time, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products were used for such a com- plex development task. HOMER was for new technologies. One of

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