ACADEMIC / AEROSPACE AND DEFENSEHarsh environmental conditions and unknown territory often put the safety of soldiers at risk during warfare or peacekeeping missions. Whether gathering pertinent intelligence during a reconnaissance mission or escorting soldiers through an unfamiliar building, drones or unmanned aerial systems (UASs) have proven to be useful and lifesaving due to their size, stealth and ability to fly with a human pilot safely navigating by remote control on the ground. “Systems, such as UASs, have become more complex because they are required to do more and to operate under increasingly changing and challenging conditions,” said Simon Briceno, research engineer at the Aerospace Systems Design Lab (ASDL) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. “The environments

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