More than three miles above the Arizona desert, an F-16 student pilot experienced a gravity-
induced loss of consciousness, passing out while turning at nearly 9Gs (nine times the force …

CubeSats are low-cost platforms that are popular for conducting spaceborne experiments,
however they are known to have high failure rates (∼ 25% failure rate). In order to improve …

Experimental aerospace projects often require flight vehicle platforms for testing, such as
high-altitude balloons, sounding rockets, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and CubeSats …

ABSTRACT The United States Navy plans on fielding autonomous surface vessels in the
near future. This paper presents a preliminary approach for certifying an autonomous …

The current safety of flight clearances for unmanned aircraft requires a qualified operator
who can make decisions and ultimately bears the responsibility for the safe operations of the …

One of the greatest challenges preventing the use of advanced controllers in aerospace is
develo** methods to verify, validate, and certify them with high assurance. One emerging …

The last 15 years have seen a large uptick in the use of unmanned aircraft. However, the
current safety of flight clearances for unmanned aircraft requires a qualified operator who …

We report on our experience develo** guidance for assurance personnel on how to
assure data-driven Machine Learning (ML) systems to be used in the space domain. The …

The cost to develop software in aerospace systems is on an exponential curve driven by
increasing system complexity, which is exacerbated by a systems engineering process that …

Run-Time Assurance is a hybrid controller architecture that bounds the behavior of a
nondeterministic or intractably complex primary controller by monitoring vehicle state and …