ArduPilot
Bill Geyer is an experienced aerospace professional with a strong background in flight testing and engineering. Currently serving as an Academic Instructor at the United States Naval Test Pilot School since May 2011, Bill also contributes to the ArduPilot project as a Traditional Helicopter Code Maintainer since October 2017. Previously, Bill worked for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) from June 1995 to May 2011, holding roles such as V-22 Ship Suitability Flight Test Engineer and Flight Test Engineer within the Rotary Wing Ship Suitability Department. Bill earned a Master of Science in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering from Penn State University and completed a Bachelor of Science in the same field at the same institution.
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ArduPilot
ArduPilot is a software project focused towards providing Trusted, Versatile and Open systems for autonomous, unmanned vehicles. Trusted. ArduPilot aims to be the most open, most tested, most robust system available for unmanned autonomous vehicles. ArduPilot will achieve this by: Employing test and validation regimes for all released software, with test processes and results publicly available; Working with manufacturing Partners to assure appropriate quality of hardware; Engaging with relevant external agencies, in order to understand and shape requirements and expectations for autonomous systems. Versatile. ArduPilot aims to enable autonomous behaviour in any unmanned vehicle, in any environment. ArduPilot will achieve this by: Documenting the current compatible controller hardware, vehicle types, and environmental domains that ArduPilot supports and endorses; Assisting new hardware, novel or different vehicle types, and environmental domains to be added to the ArduPilot codebase; Actively pursuing the limits of technology. Open. ArduPilot supports the development and evolution of open source autonomous technologies, and technologies that support autonomy. ArduPilot achieves this by: Providing publicly available source code; Providing detailed documentation for developers; Working with academia, industry and hobbyists to grow good ideas; Actively assisting new contributors; Providing supported, integrated interfaces into associated hardware and software systems. ArduPilot is a member project of Software in the Public Interest (www.spi-inc.org).