A method for providing AC power in an electrical power system of an aircraft, the method comprising: receiving DC power at a multiphase inverter of the electrical power system, the multiphase inverter having at least one bridge circuit for each output phase of the inverter, the at least one bridge circuit comprising a plurality of switching elements (234, 236); generating, by one or more control devices, a plurality of duty cycle commands (412, 414, 416) for operation of the plurality of switching elements (234, 236); and operating, by the one or more control devices, the multiphase inverter in accordance with the plurality of duty cycle commands (412, 414, 416) to generate a multiphase AC power output for one or more aircraft loads; wherein the plurality of duty cycle commands (412, 414, 416) are generated at least in part using a space vector modulation process; wherein: in response to a power demand of the one or more aircraft loads that satisfies one or more thresholds, the plurality of duty cycle commands are generated at least in part using a discontinuous pulse width modulation, DPWM, process having a modulation index that is between a first upper duty cycle limit and a first lower duty cycle limit; in response to the power demand not satisfying the one or more thresholds, the plurality of duty cycle commands are generated at least in part using a continuous vector space modulation, CVSM, process having a modulation index that is between a second upper duty cycle limit and a second lower duty cycle limit; the first upper duty cycle limit is greater than the second upper duty cycle limit; the first lower duty cycle limit is less than the second lower duty cycle limit; and a transition from the CSVM process to the DPWM process is made when the load exceeds an upper threshold, and a transition from the DPWM process to the CSVM process is made when the load falls below a lower threshold that is less than the upper threshold. receiving DC power at a multiphase inverter of the electrical power system, the multiphase inverter having at least one bridge circuit for each output phase of the inverter, the at least one bridge circuit comprising a plurality of switching elements (234, 236); generating, by one or more control devices, a plurality of duty cycle commands (412, 414, 416) for operation of the plurality of switching elements (234, 236); and operating, by the one or more control devices, the multiphase inverter in accordance with the plurality of duty cycle commands (412, 414, 416) to generate a multiphase AC power output for one or more aircraft loads; wherein the plurality of duty cycle commands (412, 414, 416) are generated at least in part using a space vector modulation process; wherein: in response to a power demand of the one or more aircraft loads that satisfies one or more thresholds, the plurality of duty cycle commands are generated at least in part using a discontinuous pulse width modulation, DPWM, process having a modulation index that is between a first upper duty cycle limit and a first lower duty cycle limit; in response to the power demand not satisfying the one or more thresholds, the plurality of duty cycle commands are generated at least in part using a continuous vector space modulation, CVSM, process having a modulation index that is between a second upper duty cycle limit and a second lower duty cycle limit; the first upper duty cycle limit is greater than the second upper duty cycle limit; the first lower duty cycle limit is less than the second lower duty cycle limit; and a transition from the CSVM process to the DPWM process is made when the load exceeds an upper threshold, and a transition from the DPWM process to the CSVM process is made when the load falls below a lower threshold that is less than the upper threshold. in response to a power demand of the one or more aircraft loads that satisfies one or more thresholds, the plurality of duty cycle commands are generated at least in part using a discontinuous pulse width modulation, DPWM, process having a modulation index that is between a first upper duty cycle limit and a first lower duty cycle limit; in response to the power demand not satisfying the one or more thresholds, the plurality of duty cycle commands are generated at least in part using a continuous vector space modulation, CVSM, process having a modulation index that is between a second upper duty cycle limit and a second lower duty cycle limit; the first upper duty cycle limit is greater than the second upper duty cycle limit; the first lower duty cycle limit is less than the second lower duty cycle limit; and a transition from the CSVM process to the DPWM process is made when the load exceeds an upper threshold, and a transition from the DPWM process to the CSVM process is made when the load falls below a lower threshold that is less than the upper threshold.