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Preliminary Shipboard Flight Experiments in Chesapeake Bay

Taeyoung Lee
Written by Taeyoung Lee
Photograph from the FDCL announcement: Preliminary Shipboard Flight Experiments in Chesapeake Bay
From FDCL’s June 29, 2021 announcement.

Kanishke Gamagedara conducted preliminary flight experiments in Chesapeake Bay for autonomous shipboard landing of a UAV. The lab shared a video of the experiments, connecting its research on maritime autonomy with testing on the water.

The original announcement links to the flight demonstration.

Kanishke Gamagedara, who conducted the Chesapeake Bay experiments.
Kanishke Gamagedara, who conducted the Chesapeake Bay experiments.

Original FDCL announcement — June 29, 2021

Taeyoung Lee
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Taeyoung Lee

Taeyoung Lee is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington University, with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. He directs the Flight Dynamics and Control Laboratory and joined GW in 2011 after serving on the faculty at the Florida Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 2008.