Abstract:The design of flight control system (FCS) is an important research topic for aircraft design, and aircraft’s performance depends on FCS’s capabilities. Firstly, the design process of flight control system and law were introduced. And then, present research of control laws for advanced fighters was commented. Two primary methods were applied to control laws design: classical design methods and several advanced control methods. There were several methods which were studied and developed widely, including optimal control, dynamic inversion control, robust control, intelligent control. Their basic principles, application status, and implement issues were emphasized. Finally, the trend of control law design for modern fighter was integration control of several methods.