Skills

TRI's fields of expertise include:

• Vehicle Design
  • Mission-specific optimization
  • Aerodynamics and propulsion
  • Mechanical Design
  • Hardware Prototyping
  • Manufacturability assessment and optimization
  • Power system characterization
• Electronic Design
  • Avionics board designs
  • Embedded programming
  • Component sourcing
  • Prototyping
  • Assembly
  • Testing and quality control
• Software and Controls
  • Low-level drivers
  • Flight software
  • Specialized controls and estimation (either directly or through established collaborators)
• Ground testing
• Static thrust / torque / efficiency / throttle response characterization
• Propulsor time-response characterization
• UAV airframe load testing
• UAV airframe systems driven vibration testing
• UAV systems endurance testing
• Flight testing
  • Controllability verification
  • Control loop gain tuning
  • Maneuverability characterization
  • Stability characterization
  • Mission capability testing
  • System identification