This paper presents the work and related research done in preparation for the American Helicopter Society (AHS) Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) Student Challenge. The described MAV operates without human interaction in search ...

This paper describes the development of a proposed framework of metrics for the evaluation of the performance of aircraft guidance systems. The methodologies and metrics developed remain generally agnostic to whether or ...

This article presents an inexpensive inertial attitude and position reference system for a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that utilizes low cost inertial sensors in conjunction with a global positioning system (GPS) ...

As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered for a wider variety of military and commercial applications, the ability to navigate autonomously in unknown and hazardous environments is increasingly vital to the ...