A modular brake and rudder control system for use in a vehicle having a control center with a control deck floor, and having an electronically controlled brake system and an electronically controlled rudder system, the modular brake and rudder control system comprising: a housing that is mountable in the control center fully above the control deck floor without penetrating through the floor when the modular brake and rudder control system is operatively connected to the brake and rudder systems; electrical connectors connected to the housing and operatively connectable to the brake and rudder systems; a pair of pedal assemblies (44, 46) projecting from the housing, each pedal assembly having a pedal engageable by an operator, each pedal assembly being independently rotatable and longitudinally movable relative to the housing; a brake control system fully contained in the housing and connected to the pedal assemblies (44, 46), the brake control system having a first movement sensor operatively coupled to at least a first one of the pedal assemblies (44, 46) and connected to at least a first one of the electrical connectors that connects to the brake system, the first sensor configured to detect first movement of the pedal assembly and to provide a first signal through the first electrical connector to the brake system for actuation of the brake system as a function of range of the first movement of the pedal assembly (44, 46); and a rudder control system fully contained in the housing and operably independent of the brake control system, the rudder control system having a second movement sensor operatively coupled to the pedal assemblies (44, 46) and connected to a second one of the electrical connectors that connects to the rudder system, the second movement sensor configured to detect longitudinal motion of the pedal assemblies (44, 46) and to provide a second signal through the second electrical connector to the rudder system as a function of longitudinal movement of the pedal assembly. a housing that is mountable in the control center fully above the control deck floor without penetrating through the floor when the modular brake and rudder control system is operatively connected to the brake and rudder systems; electrical connectors connected to the housing and operatively connectable to the brake and rudder systems; a pair of pedal assemblies (44, 46) projecting from the housing, each pedal assembly having a pedal engageable by an operator, each pedal assembly being independently rotatable and longitudinally movable relative to the housing; a brake control system fully contained in the housing and connected to the pedal assemblies (44, 46), the brake control system having a first movement sensor operatively coupled to at least a first one of the pedal assemblies (44, 46) and connected to at least a first one of the electrical connectors that connects to the brake system, the first sensor configured to detect first movement of the pedal assembly and to provide a first signal through the first electrical connector to the brake system for actuation of the brake system as a function of range of the first movement of the pedal assembly (44, 46); and a rudder control system fully contained in the housing and operably independent of the brake control system, the rudder control system having a second movement sensor operatively coupled to the pedal assemblies (44, 46) and connected to a second one of the electrical connectors that connects to the rudder system, the second movement sensor configured to detect longitudinal motion of the pedal assemblies (44, 46) and to provide a second signal through the second electrical connector to the rudder system as a function of longitudinal movement of the pedal assembly.