What is it about?
We developed and flight tested an autonomous path planning solution for aircraft, which used information about the vehicle's performance to develop trajectories that were safe to fly. This solution would work for fixed-wing and rotary-wing manned and unmanned vehicles. Autonomous path planning worked around both fixed obstacles, such as terrain and buildings, as well as moving objects, such as avoiding a collision with another vehicle.
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Why is it important?
This work is important to enable autonomous aircraft to safely navigate the National Airspace System.
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This page is a summary of: Performance-Based Autonomous Real-Time Path Planning, Navigation, and Control, January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),
DOI: 10.2514/6.2025-2231.
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