Aerotonomy’s Nanos MAV has recently undergone a series of successful flight test operations at Aerotonomy’s flight test facility near Ft. Oglethorpe, GA.

Aerotonomy, Inc. recently participated in the National Research Council’s Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics by sharing expertise in Guidance, Navigation, Control, and Avionics.

Aerotonomy personnel recently organized a special two-day forum focusing on integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System.  The Forum will take place in conjunction with the 2007 Infotech@Aerospace Conference and Exhibit.

Aerotonomy has recently participated in the FAA’s UAS Roadmap development being led by the Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Aerotonomy is a participating member of the RTCA Special Committee 203 which is working to assure the safe, efficient and compatible operation of UAS with other vehicles operating within the NAS.

 

Recent Publications

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• “A Compact Guidance, Navigation, and Control System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” (Authors: H. Christophersen, R. Pickell, J. Neidhoefer, A. Koller, S. Kannan, E. Johnson, AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 187-213, May 2006.
•  “Real-Time Vision-Based Relative Aircraft Navigation”, (Authors: E. Johnson , A. Calise, Y. Watanabe , J. Ha, J. Neidhoefer) Accepted, the AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, 2006.
•  “Flight Test Results of Autonomous Airplane Transitions between Steady-Level and Hovering Flight,” (Authors: Eric N. Johnson  , Allen Wu  , James C. Neidhoefer , Suresh K. Kannan  , and Michael A. Turbe) Submitted to the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2006.