Professor John Economou is Professor of Defence Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Deputy Director of Consultancy at Cranfield University's Centre for Defence Engineering and Physical Science. He holds a BEng from University of Wales, MSc from University of Sheffield, and PhD from Cranfield University. His research focuses on uncrewed vehicle systems, control methods, and autonomous technologies for defence applications. Research areas include autonomous systems control, fuzzy logic systems, inertial sensing, and energy-based path planning. He leads the Robotics and Autonomous Systems and Human Machine Teaming (RAS-HMT) campaign and directs the Aerosystems MSc program. Recent publications focus on vehicle control systems, sensor fusion algorithms, and autonomous navigation. His research receives funding from UK Ministry of Defence, US Department of Defense, and defence industry partners including BAE Systems and QinetiQ.












