Aerospace Sensors and Multisensor Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Continuing rapid advances in aerospace electronics and electro-optical sensors are stimulating the development of highly integrated and multisensor systems, which are now capable of providing all information required for autonomous (or minimally supervised) operations, including navigation and guidance, weather/traffic surveillance and a growing number of mission-specific tasks. Many civil/military aircraft and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are already equipped with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) sensors (RADAR, electro-optical sensors, etc.), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and/or low cost Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) inertial measurement units (IMU). In addition to integrated ISR and multisensor navigation systems, there are a growing number of aerospace applications where information from multiple sensors is combined to improve performance, provide redundancy management, increase robustness, or achieve graceful degradation when sensor failures (or outages) occur. Significant advances have also been experienced in the field of space sensors and multisensor systems, with several emerging concepts being developed for future suborbital/orbital space transport, satellite applications and interplanetary exploration missions.

 

Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to the following:

•  Sensors for Guidance, Navigation and Control;
•  Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Sensors;
•  Sensors for Separation Assurance and Collision Avoidance;
•  Radar and Electro-Optical Sensors;
•  Bio-Inspired Aerospace Sensors;
•  Sensors and Systems for Air Traffic Management;
•  Space Sensor and Multisensor Systems;
•  Sensors and Systems for Debris Avoidance and Space Traffic Management;
•  Biosensors for Cognitive Ergonomics;
•  Innovative Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Techniques;
•  Health Monitoring Sensors and Data Processing.

Prof. Dr. Roberto Sabatini
Dr. Alessandro Gardi
Guest Editors

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