Unmanned Aircraft Spectrum Analysis Tool

Abstract

Unmanned aircraft (UA) are critically dependent on the command and control (C2) radio links that enable pilots to operate them. Those links are susceptible to radio-frequency (RF) interference (RFI) from other systems operating in the same frequency bands. Under certain operational conditions, degradation of C2 link reliability could result, with possible safety implications. Anticipated growth in commercial, governmental, and recreational use of small UA systems (sUAS) in the National Airspace System is apt to increase the likelihood of such outages unless adequate mitigation measures are implemented. In order to estimate the likelihood of sUAS C2link outages resulting from unintentional RFI, CAASD has developed the UA Spectrum Analysis Tool (UASAT) with support from the Unmanned Aircraft Program Office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1107210

Entities

People

  • Fran Hoover

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Command And Control
  • Corporations
  • Cross Polarization
  • Databases
  • Emitters
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Personnel Management
  • Polarization
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Links
  • Simulations
  • Spectra
  • Spectrum Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space