Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

aerospace engineering

MasterThesisaboutOptimalTrajectoryGenerationforMultipleAircraftinFormationFlight(d/f/m)

Manching, Germany FULL TIME
The Brief

“Master Thesis about Optimal Trajectory Generation for Multiple Aircraft in Formation Flight (d/f/m) at Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. Skills: Optimal Trajectory Generation, Multiple Aircraft Formation Flight, large-scale optimization, bi-level/distributed optimal control. Literature review on large-scale optimization and bi-level/distributed optimal control. Analysis of available algorithms to assign positions in formation and structures to set up the problem”

Industry & Context.

aerospace engineering
Problems you'll solve

Optimal Trajectory Generation; large-scale optimization; bi-level/distributed optimal control

Eligibility Requirements

Traveling overseas or within Germany (team events) is possible after consultation and agreement from the department

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Enrolled full time student (d/f/m) in aerospace engineering, control system engineering or similar field of study, English fluent

Nice to Have

Theoretical knowledge on flight dynamics and control laws design

What You'll Do.

Literature review on large-scale optimization and bi-level/distributed optimal control

Analysis of available algorithms to assign positions in formation and structures to set up the problem

Problem setup (Aircraft models of different fidelities

Constraint specification

Cost function for trajectory optimization and formation flight problem)

Implementation of algorithm functionalities including consideration of code generation capability

Testing of different scenarios (Two and more aircraft in planar scenario

Two and more aircraft in 3D motion

Connection of trajectories between multiple waypoints

Uncertainties influencing the trajectories)

Visualization in available environment

Documentation and presentation of results

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

part of our weekly team meetings; Opportunity to participate in the Generation Airbus Community to expand your own network

Communication Scope

presentation of results

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