| Closing the loop in dynamic soaring JJ Bird, JW Langelaan, C Montella, J Spletzer, JL Grenestedt AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 0263, 2014 | 56 | 2014 |
| The AutoSOAR autonomous soaring aircraft, part 1: Autonomy algorithms NT Depenbusch, JJ Bird, JW Langelaan Journal of Field Robotics 35 (6), 868-889, 2018 | 44 | 2018 |
| The AutoSOAR autonomous soaring aircraft part 2: Hardware implementation and flight results NT Depenbusch, JJ Bird, JW Langelaan Journal of Field Robotics 35 (4), 435-458, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Simultaneous dynamic system estimation and optimal control of vehicle active suspension T Attia, KG Vamvoudakis, K Kochersberger, J Bird, T Furukawa Vehicle System Dynamics, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
| The hybrid tiger: A long endurance solar/fuel cell/soaring unmanned aerial vehicle R Stroman, D Edwards, P Jenkins, S Carter, D Newton, M Kelly, ... 48th power sources conference, 317-20, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| A gazebo/ros-based communication-realistic simulator for networked suas S Moon, JJ Bird, S Borenstein, EW Frew 2020 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 1819-1827, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |
| Spline mapping to maximize energy exploitation of non-uniform thermals JJ Bird, JW Langelaan Presented at the XXXI OSTIV Congress 8, 15, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| Closing the Loop in Dynamic Soaring. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference J Bird, J Langelaan, C Montella, J Spletzer, J Grenestedt National Harbor, Maryland. AIAA Paper 10, 6.2014-0263, 2014 | 11 | 2014 |
| Method for identifying optimal vehicle paths when energy is a key metric or constraint R Stroman, DJ Edwards, DS Newton, JJ Bird, JW Langelaan, ... US Patent 11,029,168, 2021 | 10 | 2021 |
| A dispersed autonomy architecture for information-gathering drone swarms E Frew, K Glasheen, CA Hirst, J Bird, B Argrow 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-11, 2020 | 8 | 2020 |
| Design space exploration for hybrid solar/soaring aircraft JJ Bird, J Langelaan 17th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 4092, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
| Modern and prospective technologies for weather modification activities: a first demonstration of integrating autonomous uncrewed aircraft systems TP DeFelice, D Axisa, JJ Bird, CA Hirst, EW Frew, RP Burger, ... Atmospheric Research, 106788, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| Optimal Speed Scheduling for Hybrid Solar Aircraft with Arrival Time Condition JJ Bird, JW Langelaan AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, 1421, 2019 | 5 | 2019 |
| Wind Estimation and Closed-Loop Control of a Soaring Vehicle JJ Bird | 5 | 2013 |
| Integrated Planning, Decision-Making, and Weather Modeling for UAS Navigating Complex Weather JJ Bird, K Glasheen, EW Frew Dynamic Data Driven Applications Systems: Third International Conference …, 2020 | 3 | 2020 |
| Optimal Speed Scheduling with Arrival Time Constraint for Solar-Augmented Aircraft JJ Bird, JW Langelaan Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 43 (7), 1284-1297, 2020 | 2 | 2020 |
| Estimating the vertical structure of weather-induced mission costs for small UAS JJ Bird, SJ Richardson, JW Langelaan Sensors 19 (12), 2770, 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| Estimating System State from the Actions of a Reinforcement Learning Agent A Enriquez Fernandez, JJ Bird AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum, 2657, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Agile Guidance of Fixed-Wing sUAS CA Hirst, JJ Bird, C Reale, E Frew 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO), 1-11, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
| An autopilot interface to advance fixed-wing uas autonomy research JJ Bird, CA Hirst, S Valenzuela, S Borenstein, EW Frew AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum, 1852, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
