From 4 May – 1 June 2026 (4 Weeks, 8 Classes, 16 Total Hours)
Every Monday and Wednesday at 1–3 p.m. Eastern Time (all sessions will be recorded and available for replay; course notes will be available for download)
No class on U.S. Memorial Day, Monday 25 May
This unique course on Flight Testing specific to UAS provides participants with overview, objectives, theory, techniques, software, and analysis methods for development, qualification, and acceptance tests of UAS.
All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.
This course is applicable to the practice of vibration, flutter, and structural-acoustic analysis of stiffened structures, used in aerospace engineering and design.
All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.
This course will briefly review the fundamentals of flight dynamic modeling and control
It will present a variety of flight control design examples to enhance the learning experience. They include Boeing 737 Max aircraft’s MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System); SAS (Stability Augmentation Systems) of various aircraft; bank-to-turn versus skid-to-turn (yaw-to-turn) of missiles; classical three-loop autopilot design of missiles; and coordinated bank turn of flight vehicles
It will further cover advanced flight dynamic modeling and control topics, such as tailless aircraft stability & control, control allocation of tailless aircraft, high angle-of-attack velocity-vector roll maneuvers, missiles/aircraft equipped with thrust vector control (TVC) systems, and hypersonic aircraft flight control
All students will receive an AIAA Certificate of Completion at the end of the course
