Tightly coupled INS-GPS UKF

Estimators

Unscented Kalman filter for position, velocity, attitude estimation that works even in partially GPS denied environments

All Unmanned vehicles (Air/Land)

Teragrid

Estimators

Vision based indoor localization

Indoor mobile robots primarily for warehouse navigation

Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS)

Estimators

Fully inertial solution for attitude estimation

All unmanned vehicles and alignment systems

Aerodata estimation from flight tests

Estimators

Determine Aerodynamic dataof Fixed wing planes from flight tests of a scaled model

Eliminates need for wind tunnel tests

Synthetic air data system

Estimators

Unscented Kalman filter to estimate Angle of attack and sideslip from inertial sensors and aerodatabase

Auxillary stand by sensor for large aircraft or stand alone system for small aircraft

Radar camera fusion

Estimators

Use of multiple sensors with different characteristics to provide a comprehemsive picture of the surroundings

All Unmanned Systems

Real time mass estimator

Estimators

Estimates mass of aircraft due to changes in payload/fuel

All aerial sytems

Quatos Robust adaptive attitude controller

Controller

Reconfigurable flight control system

Allows the craft to fly in severe external disturbances and actuator failure

Dynamil controll allocation

Controller

Prevents control saturation by redirecting control authority to other actuators

All unmanned systems

Yaw decoupling

Controller

Prevents toppling of a multirotor with just 3 working motors

All multirotors

Adaptive navigation controller

Controller

Follows desired trajectory despite external disturbances

All Aerial/aquatic systems

Activ Avoidance

Controller

Allows care free automated flight amidst obstacles that are user designated or detectedusing a suitable vision based system

All VTOL systems

Analytical gain tuning for nonlinear flight control laws

Controller

Theoretically proven and derivable control law tuning, necessary for certification of large craft

Aerial systems

Thrust vectoring

Controller

Greater maneuverability in Fixed wing and multirotors

Aerial systems

Actuator feedback

Controller

Incorporating feedback of actuator positioninto control law provides a larger phasemargin for stability

Improvedtracking performance in Aerial/Aquatic systems

Field oriented control

Controller

Efficient motor control

All PMSM/BLDC motors

Adaptive thrust control

Controller

Actuators work in closed loop to counter external disturbances like wind

All VTOL systems

Control redundancy

Controller

In case one flight controller fails, anothertakes over and so on

All large unmanned systems

Control bus redundancy

Controller

Redirects commands onto uncongested control bus

Large systems

Hardware in loop simulator (HILS)

Simulator

Serves as a test bed for navigationand control law implementation

All manned/unmanned systems

Swarm Simulator

Simulator

Serves as a test bed for swarm control law implementations

All unmanned systems

Stardust

Command and control

Network centric platform for multiple opertors to manage multiple unmanned systems

All large vehicle/drone Fleets

Paradox encryption

Command and control

Reliable low overhead secure Asymmetric key communications

All communication systems

Hybrid power systems

Power systems

Using an alternator to recharge a battery pack

Auxillary power systems for aircraft

Active Battery Management systems

Power systems

Automatic efficient cell balancing

All electric Vehicles

Direct drive systems

Power systems

Serial and parallel hybrid drive chains

Hybrid vehicles