A system for multispectral sensor-based positioning, comprising: a multispectral, MS, sensor suite onboard an autonomous aircraft including at least one of: a vision system, VS, a radio frequency, RF, radio detection and ranging RADAR system, a laser imaging detection and ranging, LIDAR, system, and a mapping system; an object identification and positioning system associated with the MS sensor suite, the object identification and positioning system including at least one processor and a storage; a MS database within the storage configured to communicate with the at least one processor, the MS database including a plurality of historical object data defining an associated plurality of objects, the historical object data being specific previously sensed attributes defining the sensed object; a tangible, non-transitory memory within the storage configured to communicate with the at least one processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: receive a flight plan, the flight plan including a desired path and a desired destination object; determine a phase of flight of the autonomous aircraft based on at least one of an altitude, a mission, a speed, and a sensor fidelity; determine a sensor hierarchy based on the phase of flight; receive sensor data from at least one sensor of the autonomous aircraft sensor suite based on the sensor hierarchy, the sensor data including at least one attribute of a sensed object; compare the received at least one attribute to the historical object data; identify the sensed object if the at least one attribute comparison results in a match; determine an altitude delta, BRA, between the identified object and the autonomous aircraft; determine a position and a trajectory of the autonomous aircraft based on the identification of the sensed object and the BRA; verify the position matches one of the desired path or the desired destination object; command an autopilot to manipulate at least one autonomous aircraft flight control based on one of the position, the trajectory, and the verification. a multispectral, MS, sensor suite onboard an autonomous aircraft including at least one of: a vision system, VS, a radio frequency, RF, radio detection and ranging RADAR system, a laser imaging detection and ranging, LIDAR, system, and a mapping system; an object identification and positioning system associated with the MS sensor suite, the object identification and positioning system including at least one processor and a storage; a MS database within the storage configured to communicate with the at least one processor, the MS database including a plurality of historical object data defining an associated plurality of objects, the historical object data being specific previously sensed attributes defining the sensed object; a tangible, non-transitory memory within the storage configured to communicate with the at least one processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored therein that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to: receive a flight plan, the flight plan including a desired path and a desired destination object; determine a phase of flight of the autonomous aircraft based on at least one of an altitude, a mission, a speed, and a sensor fidelity; determine a sensor hierarchy based on the phase of flight; receive sensor data from at least one sensor of the autonomous aircraft sensor suite based on the sensor hierarchy, the sensor data including at least one attribute of a sensed object; compare the received at least one attribute to the historical object data; identify the sensed object if the at least one attribute comparison results in a match; determine an altitude delta, BRA, between the identified object and the autonomous aircraft; determine a position and a trajectory of the autonomous aircraft based on the identification of the sensed object and the BRA; verify the position matches one of the desired path or the desired destination object; command an autopilot to manipulate at least one autonomous aircraft flight control based on one of the position, the trajectory, and the verification. receive a flight plan, the flight plan including a desired path and a desired destination object; determine a phase of flight of the autonomous aircraft based on at least one of an altitude, a mission, a speed, and a sensor fidelity; determine a sensor hierarchy based on the phase of flight; receive sensor data from at least one sensor of the autonomous aircraft sensor suite based on the sensor hierarchy, the sensor data including at least one attribute of a sensed object; compare the received at least one attribute to the historical object data; identify the sensed object if the at least one attribute comparison results in a match; determine an altitude delta, BRA, between the identified object and the autonomous aircraft; determine a position and a trajectory of the autonomous aircraft based on the identification of the sensed object and the BRA; verify the position matches one of the desired path or the desired destination object; command an autopilot to manipulate at least one autonomous aircraft flight control based on one of the position, the trajectory, and the verification.