A system for controlling acoustic radiation in an aircraft, the system comprising: a flight control system; one or more rotor systems, each of the one or more rotor systems having a rotor, a motor to rotate the rotor, and a rotor controller to control the operation of the motor, wherein directionality of acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor system is controlled by regulating the frequency content and phase of each rotor within the one or more rotor systems; and wherein, upon receipt of a commanded flight setting from the flight control system, the one or more rotor system are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, desired acoustic radiation having a first acoustic behavior; and the system further comprising a noise controller operatively coupled with the flight control system and each of the one or more rotor system to regulate acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor systems, wherein the noise controller is configured to regulate the commanded flight setting from the flight control system based at least in part on noise configuration data from a noise control interface coupled to the noise controller and to output a regulated flight setting to the one or more rotor systems; wherein the noise controller is further configured to employ beamforming techniques to adjust directionality of the acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor systems to direct noise away from a predetermined location, and wherein, upon receipt of the regulated flight setting from the noise controller, the one or more rotor system are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, acoustic radiation having a second acoustic behavior that is different from the first acoustic behavior. a flight control system; one or more rotor systems, each of the one or more rotor systems having a rotor, a motor to rotate the rotor, and a rotor controller to control the operation of the motor, wherein directionality of acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor system is controlled by regulating the frequency content and phase of each rotor within the one or more rotor systems; and wherein, upon receipt of a commanded flight setting from the flight control system, the one or more rotor system are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, desired acoustic radiation having a first acoustic behavior; and the system further comprising wherein directionality of acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor system is controlled by regulating the frequency content and phase of each rotor within the one or more rotor systems; and wherein, upon receipt of a commanded flight setting from the flight control system, the one or more rotor system are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, desired acoustic radiation having a first acoustic behavior; and the system further comprising a noise controller operatively coupled with the flight control system and each of the one or more rotor system to regulate acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor systems, wherein the noise controller is configured to regulate the commanded flight setting from the flight control system based at least in part on noise configuration data from a noise control interface coupled to the noise controller and to output a regulated flight setting to the one or more rotor systems; wherein the noise controller is further configured to employ beamforming techniques to adjust directionality of the acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor systems to direct noise away from a predetermined location, and wherein, upon receipt of the regulated flight setting from the noise controller, the one or more rotor system are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, acoustic radiation having a second acoustic behavior that is different from the first acoustic behavior. wherein the noise controller is configured to regulate the commanded flight setting from the flight control system based at least in part on noise configuration data from a noise control interface coupled to the noise controller and to output a regulated flight setting to the one or more rotor systems; wherein the noise controller is further configured to employ beamforming techniques to adjust directionality of the acoustic radiation from the one or more rotor systems to direct noise away from a predetermined location, and wherein, upon receipt of the regulated flight setting from the noise controller, the one or more rotor system are configured to generate, individually and in aggregate, acoustic radiation having a second acoustic behavior that is different from the first acoustic behavior.