Near Earth Autonomy, Inc.

Jonathan Taylor

Sanjiv Singh

Lyle J Chamberlain

Sebastian Scherer

Benjamin Grocholsky

Vladimir Brajovic

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for autonomously estimating the position and orientation ('pose') of an aircraft relative to a target site are disclosed herein, including a system including a plurality of beacons arranged about the target site, wherein the plurality of beacons collectively comprise at least one electromagnetic radiation source and at least one beacon ranging radio, a sensor system coupled to the aircraft including an electromagnetic radiation sensor and a ranging radio configured to determine a range of the aircraft relative to the target site, and a processor configured to determine an estimated pose of the aircraft based on at least: (i) detected electromagnetic radiation, and (ii) time-stamped range data for the aircraft relative to the target site.

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Jonathan Taylor