WING Flight Operations and System Monitoring

Vocabulary terms related to WING aircraft telemetry, safety procedures, flight test campaigns, and autonomous control systems.

OpenSky

A tool used daily for real-time telemetry, aircraft state, and mission monitoring.

DNSI

A tool used daily for real-time telemetry, aircraft state, and mission monitoring.

Deconfliction

The process of ensuring multiple aircraft maintain safe distances during high-density operations to prevent collisions.

Contingency Logic

Automated system responses, such as aborts or controlled landings, triggered by unexpected behavior or high sensor uncertainty.

DT&E

Developmental Test & Evaluation campaigns focused on autonomy validation, payload integration, and system performance.

QORVO, COAL, and SWV

Specific flight test campaigns supported to validate autonomy systems and payload integration.

$$IMU$$

Inertial Measurement Unit; a sensor used in fusion as a fallback for position estimation if $GPS$ is lost.

$$VIO$$

Visual Inertial Odometry; vision-based inputs used in sensor fusion for accurate state estimation.

$$EKF$$

Extended Kalman Filter; a mathematical method used for sensor fusion to combine $GNSS$, $IMU$, and vision inputs for state estimation.

$$GNSS$$

Global Navigation Satellite System; one of the primary inputs fused with other sensors for accurate position estimation.

Cascaded Loop

A control structure that moves from position to velocity to attitude to generate commands for actuators.

$$PID$$

Proportional-Integral-Derivative control; the algorithm used within cascaded loops to generate actuator commands.

Sensor Fusion

The process of combining data from cameras, $IMU$, $GNSS$, and sometimes $LiDAR$ or radar for robust perception and navigation.