Distributed Pressure Sensing–Based Flight Control for Small Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Systems

Small fixed-wing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) may require increased agility when operating in turbulent wind fields. In these conditions, conventional sensor suites could be augmented with additio...

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