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Curated index of aviation-relevant research from NASA NTRS, NTSB safety studies, FAA CAMI, and academic sources. Every record links back to its original — we don't host PDFs, we describe each paper and credit the authors. Built for cross-link with the rest of Atlas: search by topic, drill into a CFR section or airframe and see the research that bears on it.
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- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Monocular Obstacle Avoidance Based on Inverse PPO for Fixed-wing UAVs
Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are one of the most commonly used platforms for the burgeoning Low-altitude Economy (LAE) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM), due to their long endurance and high-speed capabilities.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Dynamic Trajectory Adaptation for Efficient UAV Inspections of Wind Energy Units
The research presents an automated method for determining the trajectory of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for wind turbine inspection.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
TRUST-UP: Trustworthy Reinforcement learning Using Safe Techniques for UAV Pursuit
Reinforcement Learning (RL) enables autonomous aerial vehicles to adapt quickly and make efficient decisions, making it well-suited for dynamic urban air mobility operations.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Dynamic Trajectory and Power Control in Ultra-Dense UAV Networks: A Mean-Field Reinforcement Learning Approach
In ultra-dense unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks, it is challenging to coordinate the resource allocation and interference management among large-scale UAVs, for providing flexible and efficient service coverage to …
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Landing Trajectory Prediction for UAS Based on Generative Adversarial Network
Models for trajectory prediction are an essential component of many advanced air mobility studies. These models help aircraft detect conflict and plan avoidance maneuvers, which is especially important in Unmanned Aircra…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Age of Information Minimization in UAV-Assisted Covert Communication: Trajectory and Beamforming Design
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential for time-sensitive applications. Due to wireless channel variation, received data may have an expiration time, particularly in critical situations such as rescue operati…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
The Soft-PVTOL: modeling and control
This paper presents, for the first time, the soft planar vertical take-off and landing (Soft-PVTOL) aircraft. This concept captures the soft aerial vehicle's fundamental dynamics with a minimum number of states and input…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Characterization of sea ice kinematics over oceanic eddies
Eddies within the meso/submeso-scale range are prevalent throughout the Arctic Ocean, playing a pivotal role in regulating freshwater budget, heat transfer, and sea ice transport.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Uncertainty Propagation and Minimization for Channel Estimation in UAV-mounted RIS Systems
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) are emerging as a key technology for sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, leveraging adjustable reflecting elements to dynamically control electromagnetic wave propagation an…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Conjugate Momentum-Based Estimation of External Forces for Bio-Inspired Morphing Wing Flight
Dynamic morphing wing flights present significant challenges in accurately estimating external forces due to complex interactions between aerodynamics, rapid wing movements, and external disturbances.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Emergent Structure in Multi-agent Systems Using Geometric Embeddings
This work investigates the self-organization of multi-agent systems into closed trajectories, a common requirement in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance tasks.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Efficient Estimation of Relaxed Model Parameters for Robust UAV Trajectory Optimization
Online trajectory optimization and optimal control methods are crucial for enabling sustainable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services, such as agriculture, environmental monitoring, and transportation, where available a…
- NASA NTRS 2024 ARC Presentation
Part 135 and Business Operator Low Altitude Events: An Analysis of ASRS Reports
This presentation provides an aviation SME's human factors analysis of selected Low Altitude and Controlled Flight Towards Terrain (CFTT) events involving Part 135 and business jet operators as reported to the Aviation S…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Melting of floating ice cylinders in fresh and saline environments
We experimentally investigated the melting of floating ice cylinders. Experiments were carried out in a tank, with ice cylinders with radii between 5 cm and 12 cm, floating horizontally with their axis perpendicular to g…
- NASA NTRS 2024 ARC Presentation
Part 121 Low Altitude Events: An Analysis of ASRS Reports
This presentation provides an aviation SME's human factors analysis of selected Low Altitude and Controlled Flight Towards Terrain (CFTT) events involving Part 121 air carriers as reported to the Aviation Safety Reportin…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Energy Optimal Traversal Between Hover Waypoints for Lift+Cruise Electric Powered Aircraft
Advanced Air Mobility aircraft require energy efficient flight plans to be economically viable. This paper defines minimum energy direct trajectories between waypoints for Lift+Cruise electric Vertical Take-Off and Landi…
- NASA NTRS 2024 ARC Presentation
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) Program Briefing
This presentation provides an overview of NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS).
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Collision-Free Multi-Agent Coverage Control for Non-Cooperating Swarms: Preliminary Results
The main contribution of this paper is a methodology for multiple non-cooperating swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles to independently cover a common area.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Multi-hop RIS-aided Learning Model Sharing for Urban Air Mobility
Urban Air Mobility (UAM), powered by flying cars, is poised to revolutionize urban transportation by expanding vehicle travel from the ground to the air.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Altitude-Dependent Cellular Spectrum Occupancy: from Measurements to Stochastic Geometry Models
The growing demand for aerial connectivity with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) across diverse settings, ranging from urban to rural scenarios, requires developing a better understanding of spectrum occupancy at aerial c…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Agile UAV landing control on moving ship in adverse conditions
This paper presents an agile Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) landing control by considering the effect of ship's oscillations and moving, and also disturbance (i.e., crosswind) is considered.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Tangled Program Graphs as an alternative to DRL-based control algorithms for UAVs
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is currently the most popular AI-based approach to autonomous vehicle control. An agent, trained for this purpose in simulation, can interact with the real environment with a human-level…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Modelling, design and control of middle-size tilt-rotor quadrotor
This paper explores the mathematical modelling and 3D design of a tilt-rotor quadrotor aircraft. The aircraft is a VTOL design and has capacity for one pilot.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Maximizing User Connectivity in AI-Enabled Multi-UAV Networks: A Distributed Strategy Generalized to Arbitrary User Distributions
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been extensively applied to Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) network (MUN) to effectively enable real-time adaptation to complex, time-varying environments.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Prototyping O-RAN Enabled UAV Experimentation for the AERPAW Testbed
The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture is reshaping the telecommunications landscape by enhancing network flexibility, openness, and intelligence.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Privacy Preserving Mechanisms for Coordinating Airspace Usage in Advanced Air Mobility
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations are expected to transform air transportation while challenging current air traffic management practices.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Transformer-Based Fault-Tolerant Control for Fixed-Wing UAVs Using Knowledge Distillation and In-Context Adaptation
This study presents a transformer-based approach for fault-tolerant control in fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), designed to adapt in real time to dynamic changes caused by structural damage or actuator failure…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
KPCA for Thrust Vectoring Systems Exhibiting Singular Points
This paper considers a class of thrust vectoring systems, which are nonlinear, overactuated, and time-invariant. We assume that the system is composed of two subsystems and there exist singular points around which the li…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Reshaping UAV-Enabled Communications with Omnidirectional Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles
A new class of Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles (MRAVs), known as omnidirectional MRAVs (o-MRAVs), has attracted significant interest in the robotics community.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Model Predictive Contouring Control with Barrier and Lyapunov Functions for Stable Path-Following in UAV systems
In this study, we propose a novel method that integrates Nonlinear Model Predictive Contour Control (NMPCC) with an Exponentially Stabilizing Control Lyapunov Function (ES-CLF) and Exponential Higher-Order Control Barrie…
- AOPA Air Safety Institute 2024 AOPA-ASI Annual report (Nall Report)
33rd Joseph T. Nall Report — General Aviation Accidents in 2022
The annual Joseph T. Nall Report from the AOPA Air Safety Institute summarizes general aviation accidents and causal factors for calendar year 2022.
- NASA NTRS 2024 ARC Presentation
UTM: UAS Traffic Management
NASA is working with industry, public operators, and FAA to enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations wherever it is needed.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimal Kinematics for Energy Harvesting Using Favorable Wake-Foil Interactions in Tandem Oscillating Hydrofoils
The energy harvesting performance of a pair of oscillating hydrofoil turbines in tandem configuration is experimentally studied to determine the optimal kinematics of the array.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
PDSR: Efficient UAV Deployment for Swift and Accurate Post-Disaster Search and Rescue
This paper introduces a comprehensive framework for Post-Disaster Search and Rescue (PDSR), aiming to optimize search and rescue operations leveraging Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Advancing Manipulation Capabilities of a UAV Featuring Dynamic Center-of-Mass Displacement
As aerial robots gain traction in industrial applications, there is growing interest in enhancing their physical interaction capabilities.
- NASA NTRS 2024 ARC Presentation
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System: General Introduction to NASA ASRS
This presentation provides an overview of NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS).
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Buoyancy-driven flow regimes for a melting vertical ice cylinder in saline water
The presence of salt in seawater significantly affects the melt rate and morphological evolution of ice. This study investigates the melting process of a vertical cylinder in saline water using a combination of laborator…
- NASA NTRS 2024 GRC Presentation
NASA Icing Update – Oct 2024
This presentation provides a status update on select NASA icing research activities for the SAE AC-9C Icing Technical Committee Meeting on Oct 21, 2024.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Optimal planning for heterogeneous autonomous teams with precedence and compatibility constraints and its application on power grid inspection with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
In this paper we address the optimal planning of autonomous teams for general purpose tasks including a wide spectrum of situations: from project management of human teams to the coordination of an automated assembly lin…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Modifications of SPH towards three-dimensional simulations of an icy moon with internal ocean
There are some traces of the existence of internal ocean in some icy moons, such as the vapor plumes of Europa and Enceladus. This implies a region of liquid water beneath the surface ice shell.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Sensing-Communication-Computing-Control Closed-Loop Optimization for 6G Unmanned Robotic Systems
Rapid advancements in field robots have brought a new kind of cyber physical system (CPS)--unmanned robotic system--under the spotlight.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Energy-Optimal Planning of Waypoint-Based UAV Missions -- Does Minimum Distance Mean Minimum Energy?
Multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle is a prevailing type of aerial robots with wide real-world applications. The energy efficiency of the robot is a critical aspect of its performance, determining the range and duration o…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Ultra-reliable urban air mobility networks
Recently, urban air mobility (UAM) has attracted attention as an emerging technology that will bring innovation to urban transportation and aviation systems.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Efficient Implementation of an Accurate Algebraic Scheme for Sharp Interface Advection in Multiphase Flows
This study presents an efficient algebraic scheme known as MULES for sharp interface advection, verified against various schemes including first-order upwind, second-order central, van Leer flux limiter, and Geometric Vo…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Parsimonious Dynamic Mode Decomposition: A Robust and Automated Approach for Optimally Sparse Mode Selection in Complex Systems
This paper introduces the Parsimonious Dynamic Mode Decomposition (parsDMD), a novel algorithm designed to automatically select an optimally sparse subset of dynamic modes for both spatiotemporal and purely temporal data…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Assisted Physical Interaction: Autonomous Aerial Robots with Neural Network Detection, Navigation, and Safety Layers
The paper introduces a novel framework for safe and autonomous aerial physical interaction in industrial settings. It comprises two main components: a neural network-based target detection system enhanced with edge compu…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Neural Predictor for Flight Control with Payload
Aerial robotics for transporting suspended payloads as the form of freely-floating manipulator are growing great interest in recent years.
- NASA NTRS 2024 GRC Presentation
Introduction to Aircraft Icing and NASA's Approach to Understanding It
This presentation provides an introduction to aircraft icing and describes NASA’s approach to understanding it. The presentation covers various topics on icing.
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
GyroCopter: Differential Bearing Measuring Trajectory Planner for Tracking and Localizing Radio Frequency Sources
Autonomous aerial vehicles can provide efficient and effective solutions for radio frequency (RF) source tracking and localizing problems with applications ranging from wildlife conservation to search and rescue operatio…
- arXiv 2024 ARXIV arXiv preprint
Survey on Neighbor Discovery and Beam Alignment in mmWave-Enabled UAV Swarm Networks
Millimeter wave (mmWave)-enabled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm networks (UAVSNs) can utilize a large spectrum of resources to provide low latency and high data transmission rate.