Autonomous Collision Avoidance for Air-To-Air Operations

Abstract

The use of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) over the past several years has become an important concept for military operations. Currently, multiple UAV flights are not performed due to the difficulty in the control algorithms and the lack of redundancy to handle failures. This paper describes the program for a safety system that prevents air-to-air collisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA418078

Entities

People

  • Bertil Braennstroem
  • Donald E. Swihart
  • Edward Griffin
  • Paul Doane
  • Ragnar Rosengren

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Control Systems
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Military Operations
  • Navigation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
  • Autonomy - UAVs