Vehicle control and interface system

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a command processing module, aircraft control inputs from aircraft interfaces of an aircraft;
• generating, by the command processing module, aircraft trajectory values based on the received aircraft control inputs;
• receiving, by a sensor validation module, sensor signals generated by sensors of the aircraft;
• validating, by the sensor validation module, one or more of the received sensor signals;
• receiving, by an aircraft state estimation module, validated sensor signals from the sensor validation module;
• determining, by the aircraft state estimation module, an estimated aircraft state of the aircraft based on the received validated sensor signals;
• receiving, by a control laws module, aircraft trajectory values from the command processing module, receive validated sensor signals from the sensor validation module, and receive the estimated aircraft state of the aircraft from the aircraft state estimation module;
• generating, by the control laws module, actuator commands for actuators of the aircraft to adjust control surfaces of the aircraft, the generated actuator commands based on the received aircraft trajectory values, the received validated sensor signals, and the estimated aircraft state of the aircraft;
• and
• transmitting, by a control laws module, the actuator commands to actuators of the aircraft.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising stored instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, by a command processing module, aircraft control inputs from aircraft interfaces of an aircraft;
• generating, by the command processing module, aircraft trajectory values based on the received aircraft control inputs;
• receiving, by a sensor validation module, sensor signals generated by sensors of the aircraft;
• validating, by the sensor validation module, one or more of the received sensor signals;
• receiving, by an aircraft state estimation module, validated sensor signals from the sensor validation module;
• determining, by the aircraft state estimation module, an estimated aircraft state of the aircraft based on the received validated sensor signals;
• receiving, by a control laws module, aircraft trajectory values from the command processing module, receive validated sensor signals from the sensor validation module, and receive the estimated aircraft state of the aircraft from the aircraft state estimation module;
• generating, by the control laws module, actuator commands for actuators of the aircraft to adjust control surfaces of the aircraft, the generated actuator commands based on the received aircraft trajectory values, the received validated sensor signals, and the estimated aircraft state of the aircraft;
• and
• transmitting, by a control laws module, the actuator commands to actuators of the aircraft.