Xin Bao received his Bachelor’s degree in Automation and Master’s degree in Guidance, Navigation and Control from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Control Science and Engineering. Since 2012, he has worked as an engineer at the Flight Automatic Control Research Institute. His research interests primarily focus on flight control, intelligent control, and nonlinear system control.

Yan Li is a Professor at the School of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NWPU), Xi’an, China. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from NWPU in 1995 and 1998, respectively, and his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University in 2001. Prior to joining NWPU, he worked at NEC Mobile Communications Development (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. as a Design and Development Engineer (2001–2002) and at TOSHIBA Singapore R&D Centre as a Senior Design Engineer (2002–2005). His research interests focus on 1. navigation, guidance, and control: flight control theory and system design, vehicle ground simulation technology, UAV control methods, and advanced aircraft performance evaluation methods; 2. control theory and control engineering: optimal control and robust control theory and application, fault-tolerant control methods, and complex nonlinear system control methods.

Zhong Wang is an Associate Professor at the Department of Navigation, Guidance, and Control, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China. He received his BS in measurement and control technology and instruments, his MS in control engineering, and his PhD in control science and engineering from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2013, 2016, and 2021, respectively. His research focuses on advanced flight control for next-generation aircraft. Additionally, he is interested in control theory and engineering, with a focus on optimal and robust nonlinear control, as well as high-performance nonlinear filter design.