Autolanding an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Intelligent Guidance Techniques

This research tackles autolanding a power-off fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on a level or uphill landing strip with limited dimensions. New approaches to path planning, guidance, and control are proposed for the final approach and landing stages. These approaches address mid-sized UAVs assuming that the aircraft has only standard control surfaces, i.e. the elevator, the rudder, and the ailerons. This problem has not been covered by the existing flight control literature.