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The AARG is a collection of students and staff from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) focussing on the development of advanced avionics systems.
The primary research areas are in:
- Unmanned Airborne Vehicles (UAVs)
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
- Advanced avionics payloads
- Satellite-based sensors
The AARG currently has 10 PhD research students investigating different research fields. They are supervised by Dr Rodney Walker and two associate supervisors, Dr Duncan Campbell and Dr Peter O'Shea.
A number of Aerospace Avionics Undergraduate research projects are also supervised by the AARG. These include the development of the QUT Unmanned Airborne Vehicle (QUAV) project and Microair altitude encoder software certification project. Other undergraduate level projects running within the Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering include the development of the QUT Flight Simulator and JAESAT micro satellite. The majority of AARG PhD research students are drawn from the graduated Aerospace Avionics students.
The primary objective of the AARG is the development of advanced unmanned systems, primarily addressing the key challenges facing the integration of UAVs to the civilian airspace environment.
The AARG is currently conducting research in advanced collision avoidance systems, intelligent mission planning, flight termination systems, vision-based navigation and attitude determination sensors as well as onboard flight performance analysis systems.
Other research currently being conducted include the development of an airborne Ground-based Regional Augmentation System (GRAS) receiver and an investigation into UAV risk identification and certification.
Further information on this project can be found on the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) website.
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