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Editors
Editor-in-Chief-Peter Willett
Associate Editor-in-Chief-Daniel
O'Hagan
VP Publications-Maria Sabrina Greco
AESS President- Walt Downing
Executive Assistant,
AESS-Judy Scharmann

Contributing Editors
Awards-Fulvio Gini
Book Reviews Editor-Samuel Shapero
Conferences-Michael Braasch
Distinguished Lecturers &
Tutorials-Lorenzo Lo Monte
Education-Lorenzo Lo Monte
History-Hugh Griffiths
Student Research-Federico Lombardi
Technical Panels-George Schmidt
Tutorials-W. Dale Blair
Website Updates-Judy Scharmann

Associate Editors and Areas of
Specialty
Scott Bawden-Energy Conversion
Systems
Erik Blasch, Roberto Sabatini-
Avionics Systems
Stefan Brueggenwirth-AI and ML in
Aerospace
Dietrich Fraenken-Fusion and
Signal Processing
Lyudmila Mihaylova-Target Tracking
Mauro De Sanctis-Signal Processing
and Communications
Jason Gross-Navigation, Positioning
Giancarmine Fasano-Unmanned
Aircraft Systems
Daniel O'Hagan-Radar Systems
Richard Linares-Space Systems
Haiying Liu-Control and Robotic
Systems
Michael Cardinale-Electro-Optic and
Infrared Systems, Image Processing
Ruhai Wang-Systems Engineering

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December 2020

ISSN 0885-8985

Volume 35 Number 12

COLUMN
In This Issue -Technically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FEATURE ARTICLE
Augmented Reality for Immersive and Tactile Flight Simulation
J. W. Wallace, Z. Hu, D. A. Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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State Estimation Methods in Navigation: Overview and Application
J. Dunık, S. K. Biswas, A. G. Dempster, T. Pany, P. Closas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Multirotors Video Synthetic Aperture Radar: System Development and
Signal Processing
Y. Zhang, D. Zhu, X. Mao, X. Yu, J. Zhang, Y. Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Towards the Use of Artificial Intelligence on the Edge in Space Systems:
Challenges and Opportunities
G. Furano, G. Meoni, A. Dunne, D. Moloney, V. Ferlet-Cavrois, A. Tavoularis,
J. Byrne, L. Buckley, M. Psarakis, K.-O. Voss, L. Fanucci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NEWS & INFORMATION
IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Organization 2020 . . . . . . . . .

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Letter to the Editor
R. M. Narayanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2020 Aerospace & Electronics Systems Society Distinguished Lecturers . . .

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AESS Senior Members Elevated in 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Avionics Systems Panel Research and Innovation Perspectives
R. Sabatini, A. Roy, E. Blasch, K.A. Kramer, G. Fasano, I. Majid, O. G. Crespillo,
D. A. Brown, R. O. Major . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Air Pollution Monitoring in Peru Using Satellite Data During the Quarantine
Due to COVID-19
A. Roman-Gonzalez, A. F. Navarro-Raymundo, N. I. Vargas-Cuentas . . . . . . .
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AESS Meetings & Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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