As Lead Payload Avionics Engineer for the CoOperative Blending of Autonomous Landing Technology (COBALT) project, I was responsible for the payload avionics design, fabrication, assembly, testing, and flight operations. The goal of this project was to develop new precision-landing Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) technology by fusing a third-generation Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL) sensor for velocity and range measurements, and the Lander Vision System (LVS), which provides passive-optical Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) state estimates. The payload was flown on the Masten Xodiac vertical take-off, vertical landing (VTVL) rocket vehicle.
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