Electronic feedback control systems have been employed for many decades with great success to stabilize a wide variety of piloted aircraft, and to improve their handling characteristics. This is also true of remotely piloted aircraft, and more recently fully automated, or “autonomous” flight systems.

A commanded signal (for example, pitch attitude) is subtracted from a measurement of that quantity to obtain an error signal. The error is then multiplied by a gain to produce a control signal that when added to the nominal pilot command improves the aircraft’s dynamic response (e.g. made stable, and/or performance in tracking the command improved).

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In response to our customers, Guided Systems now offers a complete line of fully autonomous VTOL UAVs designed to cover a large number of payload, range and endurance requirements. Each airframe, and its associated manufacturer, has been carefully selected. Each is representative of the highest design maturity and manufacturing quality for their vehicle class in the world today.

The entire line of vehicles features a common avionics hardware and software set, and employs a common operator interface, enabling the operator to seamlessly transition from one size vehicle to another. Each enjoys a selectable range of intelligent automation, from simple pilot assisted

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In response to our customers, Guided Systems now offers a complete line of fully autonomous VTOL UAVs designed to cover a large number of payload, range and endurance requirements. Each airframe, and its associated manufacturer, has been carefully selected. Each is representative of the highest design maturity and manufacturing quality for their vehicle class in the world today.

The entire line of vehicles features a common avionics hardware and software set, and employs a common operator interface, enabling the operator to seamlessly transition from one size vehicle to another. Each enjoys a selectable range of intelligent automation, from simple pilot assisted

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Guided Systems has developed and maintains extensive simulation models (including rotor dynamics) for various rotorcraft including aircraft, helicopters, tiltrotors, ducted fans, coaxial systems and hybrid vehicles (e.g. the Skytote UAV).

Additionally, Guided Systems has matured, generalized and validated its autonomous adaptive guidance and control architecture so that it is applicable to all these classes of vehicles.

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