Pilot health monitoring systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided. A pilot health
monitoring system is configured to collect information regarding the pilot's physiological …

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for enabling unmanned and
optionally-manned cargo delivery to personnel on the ground. For example, an aircraft may …

Express by micro aerial vehicle (MAV) becomes more and more popular because it can
avoid the influence of terrain and save more space for taking-off and landing of aircraft. At …

An autonomous guidance and flight control system was integrated and flight tested on a
Black Hawk helicopter as part of an effort to provide all weather capability for US Army fleet …

Development and flight testing of an autonomous flight control system that allows for
different levels of pilot interaction in both hover and forward flight is described. Three modes …

An adaptive sense and avoid system for use with an aerial vehicle in an environment, the
adaptive sense and avoid system comprising a processor, a plurality of sensors, an obstacle …

Autonomous flight of unmanned full‐size rotor‐craft has the potential to enable many new
applications. However, the dynamics of these aircraft, prevailing wind conditions, the need to …

We extend the ability of cameras to perceive obstacles for aircraft safety systems by enabling
3d sensing of free hanging wires. Our algorithm exploits the specialized 2d and 3d structure …

A comparison of a guidance and flight control system performance on a partial-authority
helicopter was made against a previously flown version on a full-authority helicopter. This …

An autonomous aerial system for delivering a payload to a waypoint. The autonomous aerial
system may comprise an aerial vehicle to transport the payload to the waypoint and an …