Research engineers from the US Army’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) and Universities Space Research Association (USRA) have written a textbook to advance the understanding of aircraft and rotorcraft flight control systems, "Practical Methods for Aircraft and Rotorcraft Flight Control Design: An Optimization Based Approach", published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). A review of the textbook will appear in the next issue of the Journal of the AHS.

The six authors compiled their extensive experience and lessons learned into a comprehensive and practical resource for academia and flight control engineers. The textbook is a product of years of research, software development, algorithm improvements, desktop design, piloted-simulation and flight-test studies, according to Dr. Mark B. Tischler, AMRDEC senior technologist for flight control technologies and the lead author.