You Are Cleared to Fly

How optimization-based methodologies are improving the flight control systems’ safety

Rodney Rodríguez

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Photo by Natali Quijano on Unsplash

Since the introduction of the first non-experimental digital fly-by-wire system in the F-8 Crusader, the exponential growth of the embedded control systems computing power has enabled the military aerospace industry to develop more efficient and agile aircraft.

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Rodney Rodríguez

Aerospace engineer, flight dynamics and control expert, amateur writer, and cutting-edge technology advocate.