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