The rapid proliferation of small satellite missions demands flight software that combines reliability, reusability, and rapid development cycles. NASA’s Core Flight System (cFS), with its layered architecture and component-based design, offers...
To apply UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) into different fields, including research and industry, and expand it quickly, reliable but modular software is required. The existing flight control software (FCS) of the UAV consists of various types of modul...
Accurate estimation of engine thrust and overload is crucial for ensuring structural integrity and optimizing the aircraft’s life-cycle design. To address this issue, this study develops an integrated thrust and load prediction framework that c...
While there is no rigorous framework to develop nanosatellites flight software, this manuscript aimed to explore and establish processes to design a reliable and reusable flight software architecture for cost-efficient student Cubesat missions such a...
Function-level source-platform attribution asks which known repository a code fragment originated from; it does not infer vulnerabilities, defects, exploitability, or other security properties. This study benchmarks lexical, frozen semantic, and mult...
In this paper, Flare Bright presents flight test results gathered using a ~2m fixed wingspan drone to demonstrate the capability that has been achieved using an Inertial Navigation System (INS) augmented by Machine Learning tuned software. INSs, usin...
Background: Modeling tools should be tested against real-world outcomes to confirm their predictive ability compared to random chance. Insights is an analytical tool within the biomathematical modeling software SAFTE-FAST that identifies work pattern...
Certified flight simulation training devices support pilot training and standardized instruction. However, high acquisition costs and vendor constraints on high-resolution operational/flight data can hinder academic research. This paper describes a l...
This work aims to evaluate the feasibility of using a COTS-embedded computer as an on-board computer (OBC) for nanosatellites in academic projects. The prototype is based on the BeagleBone Black board, which runs the cFS flight-mission software on th...
The article presents selected results of analytical and design works undertaken at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in the field of building a computer support and software lifecycle management system that is critical for flight safety. T...
Recently, we have seen the rapidly growing popularity of unmanned aerial vehicles. This is due to some advantages, namely portability, the ability to fly over hard-to-reach areas without human intervention. They are also widely used for commercial pu...
CubeSats are increasingly adopted for space missions due to their low cost and short development cycles. However, their attitude determination and control systems (ADCS) often suffer from limited verification environments and constrained hardware con...
Industrial inspection is a well-known application area for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), but are modern market-available drones fully suitable for inspections of larger-scale industrial facilities? This review summarizes the pros and cons of aeria...
Plant secondary metabolism drives the generation of metabolites used for host plant resistance, as biopesticides and botanicals, even for the discovery of new therapeutics for human diseases. Flavonoids are one of the largest and most studied classes...
With the progress of high-performance computing, computationally expensive high-fidelity methods can be applied early in the design process of an aircraft. This enables Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for the assesment of flight performance, handl...
This paper addresses the problem of loss of control during flight caused by failures of flight control surfaces. It presents a study of an emergency thrust control system based on linear-quadratic control with integral action. The research encompasse...
Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) require highly reliable navigation information. Generally, navigation systems with the inertial navigation system (INS) and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) have been widely used. However, the GNSS...
Last advances in sensors, photogrammetry and computer vision have led to high-automation levels of 3D reconstruction processes for generating dense models and multispectral orthoimages from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) images. However, these cartogr...
In the early 2000s, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) emerged as a performant and relevant tool for identifying micro-organisms. Since then, it has become practically essential for ident...
The rising popularity of UAVs and other autonomous control systems coupled with real-time operating systems has increased the complexity of developing systems with the proper robustness, performance, and reactivity. The growing demand for more sophis...
Lipidomics has great promise in various applications; however, a major bottleneck in lipidomics is the accurate and comprehensive annotation of high-resolution tandem mass spectral data. While the number of available lipidomics software has drastical...
This study provides an experimentally validated workflow for the development and model-in-the-loop (MIL) validation of flight control laws for a small, low-cost fixed-wing UAV within a model-based design (MBD) framework, addressing the limitation tha...
This paper introduces the ProVANT Simulator, a comprehensive environment for developing and validating control algorithms for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Built on the Gazebo physics engine and integrated with the Robot Operating System (ROS), it...
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) is one of the most critical technologies utilized in contemporary air traffic control, providing an automated and broadcast means of periodically sending aircraft identification and location, as well...
The performance analysis and evaluation of satellite navigation systems under ionospheric scintillation have been a focal point in the field of modern aviation. With the development and upgrading of satellite navigation systems, the performance indic...
The Multiple Random Empirical Kernel Learning Machine (MREKLM) typically generates multiple empirical feature spaces by selecting a limited group of samples, which helps reduce training duration. However, MREKLM does not incorporate data distribution...
To achieve miniaturization and lightweight design of a flapping-wing aircraft, a high-performance biomimetic butterfly flyer was designed based on an analysis of the butterfly’s body structure and flight principles. The aircraft has a mass of 2...
Highly maneuverability fighter aircrafts are equipped with various weapons for successful air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. The aircraft has abrupt transient response due to ejection force generated when store of one wing is launched and the mov...
In the past year, the author has been using the OpenSky ressources for teaching purposes in the context of Software-Engineering courses for undergraduates at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany). Challenges in using the OpenSky-Onli...
Designing an aircraft requires multidisciplinary analysis and data processing abilities, which are often spread over various partners. Effective collaboration across organisational boundaries is difficult, but essential. As the aerospace industry bec...
Flight testing in a realistic three-dimensional virtual environment is increasingly being considered a safe and cost-effective way of evaluating aircraft models and their control systems. The paper starts by reviewing and comparing the most popular p...
Modern aviation technology development heavily relies on computer simulations. SIL (Software-In-The-Loop) simulations are essential for evaluating autopilots and control algorithms for multi-rotors, including drones and other UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Ve...
Highly maneuverable fighter aircraft are equipped with various weapons including a gun firing system for successful air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. In the gun firing system, the muzzle is usually positioned at an offset from the centerline of...
This paper focuses on the design of an integrated navigation and guidance system for unmanned helicopters. The integrated navigation system comprises two systems: the Flight Path Planning System (FPPS) and the Flight Control System (FCS). The FPPS fi...
Airlines face the imperative of resource management to curtail costs, necessitating the solution of several optimization problems such as flight planning, fleet assignment, aircraft routing, and crew scheduling. These problems present some challenges...
The increasing number of UAVs performing commercial and amateur flights necessitates the introduction of safe design principles for airborne platform architectures and UAV control algorithms. This article presents an approach to designing such soluti...
With the continuous elevation of aviation safety standards, accurate monitoring of ground support vehicles in aircraft stand areas has become a critical task for enhancing overall aircraft stand operational safety. Given the limitations of existing s...
This paper describes the development process of the quadcopter-based unmanned flying platform, designed for testing and experimentation purposes. The project features custom-made hardware, which includes the prototype quadcopter frame and the flight...
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All aircrews are required to undertake the altitude hypoxia training and be familiarized with the hypobaric effect on their physiological regulation. Due to the characteristics of the helicopter aircrafts, few researches have reported in-flight hypox...
The task of increasing the accuracy and stabilization of the flight of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the alpine environment is a complex problem. It is related to the evaluation of UAV flight parameters and control conditions for the operator&rsq...
Formal methods offer well-defined means for mathematical verification of the functional specifications of software systems. For model-based engineering, model checking is a verification technique that explores all possible system states. The Aviation...
This study describes a new approach to Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) photogrammetric mission flight planning. In this context, we have identified different issues appearing in complex scenes or difficulties caused by the project requirements...
This study examines the effects of differences in structure from motion (SfM) software on image processing of aerial images by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and the resulting estimations of tree height and tree crown area. There were 20 flight condi...
In this paper, we present the procedure of estimating the aerodynamic coefficients for a commercial aviation aircraft from geometric parameters at low-cruise-flight conditions using US DATCOM (United States Data Compendium) and XFLR software. The pur...
Understanding the flight characteristics of insect pests is essential for designing effective strategies and programs for their management. In this study, we designed, constructed, and validated the performance of modern flight-testing systems (fligh...
The article presents a method of designing a selected unmanned aerial platform flight scenario based on the principles of designing a reliable (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) UAV architecture operating in an environment in which other platforms operate. Th...
The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is extensively employed in various sectors. To ensure adherence to design specifications and mission requirements, it is vital to verify flight control and system performance...
Planning and scheduling in construction heavily depend on current information about the state of construction processes. However, the acquisition process for visual data requires human personnel to take photographs of construction objects. We propose...
An electromechanical actuator system was used on a general aviation aircraft to automatically execute programmed test inputs for system identification and parameter estimation. The flight test campaign consisted of approximately 10 flight hours with...
We propose a stepwise in-flight method for automatically determining flight-envelope-related parameters for the longitudinal control of small fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including pitch-angle limits, maximum climb and sink rate limits...
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