Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Airspace Operations Sensing Requirements. Volume 1 - Performance

Abstract

Presented are results of an initial phase of an AFRL/VACC effort to determine the sensing requirements for an autonomous UAV - to replace the pilot's sensing capability with on-board sensors. These sensors need to enable the autonomous execution of airspace tasks, such as conflict avoidance (see & avoid), autonomous landing, and ground operations. Baseline requirements which will allow UAVs to meet near-term airspace integration goals are presented along with impacts and questions future work will have to address. This describes 6.2 work accomplished to set the baseline requirements for future work. Although our work is for the USAF, the portion of work contained in the report is equally applicable to civilian and commercial use since all share controlled airspace.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA410310

Entities

People

  • Ivan H. Wong
  • Jan M. Deluca
  • Jeffrey D. Koeller
  • William F. O'neil
  • Won-zon Chen

Organizations

  • Northrop Grumman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Military Aircraft
  • Radar Altimeters
  • Sense And Avoid Systems
  • Situational Awareness
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerial Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Micro Periodontal Dentistry.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers