The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that manages Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs), one of which is the Center for Advanced Aviation System Development, which supported this project. The sponsor for the project was Andrew Lacher, the UAS Cross-Center Coordinator and Research Strategist at The MITRE Corporation.

This work was done as a graduate project for the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University.