Flight Guidance and Control

A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Aeronautics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 542

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, Republic of Korea
Interests: missile guidance and control; flight control; adaptive and nonlinear control; data-driven control; inference and estimation
Division of Mechanical and Electronics Engineering, Hansung University, Seoul 02876, Republic of Korea
Interests: missile guidance and control; flight control; satellite attitude control; nonlinear control; and filtering

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The field of flight guidance and control is integral to the continued advancement and safety of modern aerospace vehicles, including manned aircraft and UAVs. As the complexity of these systems increases, so does the need for sophisticated guidance and control strategies that ensure optimal performance and compliance with stringent safety standards. This Special Issue seeks to highlight pioneering research and innovative solutions in flight guidance and control. We invite contributions on topics including, but not limited to:

  • Control design methods for UAVs, aerospace vehicles, and drones;
  • Advanced guidance algorithms;
  • Cooperative guidance;
  • Trajectory/path planning;
  • Trajectory optimization/optimal guidance and control;
  • Autonomous flight control;
  • Fault-tolerant/adaptive control;
  • Learning-based flight guidance and control;
  • Computational guidance and control for flight vehicles.

Dr. Seokwon Lee
Dr. Mingu Kim
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • flight control
  • guidance and control
  • flight vehicles
  • trajectory optimization
  • autonomous systems
  • unmanned aerial vehicles

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Vector Field-Based Robust Quadrotor Landing on a Moving Ground Platform
by Woohyun Byun, Soobin Huh, Hyeokjae Jang, Suhyeong Yu, Sungwon Lim, Seokwon Lee and Woochul Nam
Aerospace 2025, 12(7), 590; https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace12070590 - 29 Jun 2025
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The autonomous landing of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on moving platforms has potential applications across various domains. However, robust landing remains challenging because the detection reliability of UAVs decreases when the UAV is close to a moving platform. To address this issue, this [...] Read more.
The autonomous landing of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on moving platforms has potential applications across various domains. However, robust landing remains challenging because the detection reliability of UAVs decreases when the UAV is close to a moving platform. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel landing strategy that ensures a high detection rate. First, a robust detectable region was established by considering the sensing range and maneuverability limitations of the UAV. Second, a vector field was designed to guide the UAV to the moving platform while remaining in a robust detectable region. Next, safe and accurate landings were achieved by considering the current velocity and vector field. The landing strategy was validated through outdoor flight experiments. A quadrotor equipped with a gimbal-mounted camera was used, and a fractal marker was attached to the moving platform for detection and tracking. When the moving platform moved at a speed of 2–4.3 m/s, the UAV successfully landed on the platform with a distance error of 0.4 m. Because of the robust detectable region and vector field, the detection was conducted with a high success rate (94.9%). Full article
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