On-Board Systems Design for Aerospace Vehicles (3rd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a new edition of the open access Special Issue of the MDPI journal Aerospace dedicated to on-board systems design for aerospace vehicles. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the most recent research advancements in the field of on-board systems design, belonging to both aviation and space domains, with focus on innovative concepts and technologies. Notably, systems engineering in the aerospace domain is facing increasing challenges associated to new, heterogeneous and, often, conflicting requirements associated to performance, environmental sustainability and autonomy. Modern on-board systems are being progressively integrated within the overall vehicle architecture, with their impact on mission effectiveness becoming a crucial aspect in satisfying those requirements. Thus, we strongly believe that the dissemination of relevant results in the field of aerospace systems engineering is crucial to inspire further work in the scientific community. As Guest Editors of this new edition of the Special Issue, we kindly invite you to submit full research articles manuscripts addressing (but not being limited to) the following topics:

• High-level design of on-board systems including functional architecture definition and concept of operation;
• Model-Based Systems Engineering practices for aerospace systems design;
• Innovative aerospace systems modelling and simulation;
• Digital twin concepts for aerospace systems analysis, design, operations and verification;
• Reliability and safety assessment of on-board systems;
• On-board power generation, with focus on optimal energy management strategies;
• Environmental control and ice protection system architectures;
• Flight control and attitude control systems;
• Propellant management and green fuels;
• Hybrid electric systems for Regional Air Mobility (RAM);
• Avionic systems and on-board computer architectures;
• On-board systems for unconventional vehicle configurations;
• Fault Detection, Identification and Recovery (FDIR) systems and strategies;
• Onboard autonomy;
• Development of ground support equipment;
• Innovative guidance, navigation and control systems for satellites;
• Communication system: Intersatellite links and multi-beams communication.

Dr. Davide Ferretto
Dr. Fabrizio Stesina
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Aerospace is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.