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Applicability of Digital Flight to the Operations of Self-Piloted Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System.
| 题名： | Applicability of Digital Flight to the Operations of Self-Piloted Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System. |
| 作者： | Wing, D. J; Lacher, A; Cotton, W. B; Maris, J; Vajda, P. |
| 摘要： | Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) hold great promise for a new era of specialized missions,including personal air transportation, cargo flight operations, aerial surveys, inspections,firefighting and more. The anticipated market growth is significant. To unlock its scalability andincumbent benefits requires a human to oversee multiple flights simultaneously, focusing onmulti-vehicle mission management and relinquishing to autonomous systems their active role incontrolling the aircrafts’ flight paths. Key to the realization of these scalability benefits isminimally-encumbered access to the National Airspace System (NAS), which poses some uniquechallenges for self-piloted UAS aircraft operations. These include the requirement forcompatibility with existing airspace structures and operations including Visual Flight Rules (VFR)and Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), neither of which were developed to accommodate the uniqueneeds and capabilities of UAS.This paper explores the applicability of Digital Flight to the operations of self-piloted UAS. Asproposed by NASA, Digital Flight is a flight operations capability, enabled by a set of cooperativeprocedures and digital technologies, in which flight operators ensure flight-path safety throughautomated separation and flight path management in lieu of visual procedures and Air TrafficControl separation services. Flights operating under potentially-forthcoming rules of DigitalFlight employ advanced automation technologies, information sharing, connectivity tooperational data, and cooperative behaviors through distributed decision-making to maintainsafety and achieve mission objectives. Designed for integration with VFR and IFR operations inshared NAS airspace, potentially as a third set of flight rules, Digital Flight may provide themechanism for UAS operators – and all aircraft operators – to scale and diversify their operationsbeyond what is achievable under current regulations. |
| 总页数： | 30 pages |
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