Airspace Policy and Air Traffic Management

Abstract

The world of manned aviation has been the predominant aerial activity in the skies for the 20th century. The fundamental principle by which the infrastructure and institutional arrangements have been predicated is that there is a man in the loop in the air (pilots) and on the ground (air traffic controllers). With the advent of extremely capable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems this will no longer be the case and many assumptions about how' aircraft are designed developed and operated will be challenged. However in the 21 century this will be an evolutionary process and the organisations that will take it forward are already in place today to begin the task of providing the necessary frameworks within which UAV systems will co-exist alongside manned aircraft. The challenges for these organisations include legislation and regulation, airspace policy, air traffic management, airworthiness certification, communications, command and control. This lecture covers issues relating to airspace policy and air traffic management aspects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010753

Entities

People

  • Andre J. Clot

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • European Communities
  • European Union
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Organizations
  • Nato
  • Navigation
  • Symposia
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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