Aerial vehicle including autonomous rotor speed control

A rotary aerial vehicle (AV) comprising:

• an engine configured to rotate at least one rotor at a variable rotor speed;
• a full authority electronic microcontroller (FAEM) in electrical communication with the engine, the FAEM configured to output at least one electronic engine control signal that controls operation of the engine;
• and
• an electronic rotor speed microcontroller (ERSM) in electrical communication with the FAEM, the ERSM includes an electronic mission executor unit configured to dynamically determine at least one mission objective of the rotary AV in response to at least one selected operating mode of the rotary AV and to output an electronic rotor speed control signal that commands the FAEM to adjust the rotor speed of the at least one rotor, wherein the electronic mission executor unit stores at least one rotor speed schedule that corresponds to the determined mission objective, and selects the at least one rotor speed schedule in response to determining the mission objective.