Dr. Xiaolong Deng received his Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from Ghent University, Belgium, in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology (NUDT). His research interests include long-endurance near-space vehicles, overall design of unmanned aerial vehicles, and intelligent planning and swarm control. He has published more than 50 journal and conference papers and authored 8 monographs.