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原文传递 Digital Flight: A New Cooperative Operating Mode to Complement VFR and IFR.

题名：	Digital Flight: A New Cooperative Operating Mode to Complement VFR and IFR.
作者：	Wing, D; Lacher, A; Ryan, W; Cotton, W; Stilwell, R; Maris, J; Vajda, P.
摘要：	Digital Flight is a proposed new operating mode for all airspace users, complementing and addingto the existing operating modes of visual and instrument flight rules (VFR and IFR) and providingfor cooperative integration in controlled airspace. Under new regulations (Digital Flight Rules,DFR) that set requirements for its sustained use, qualified operators employ Digital Flight toenhance their airspace access and operational flexibility in all visibility conditions and eventuallyall airspace classes without requiring segregation from incumbent operations. Enabled byconnected digital information and technologies, Digital Flight operators employ cooperativepractices and self-separation to ensure flight path safety in lieu of visual procedures or receivingseparation services from Air Traffic Control. Its distributed structure and automated functionsenable traffic densities and operational tempos not achievable with the existing operating modes.Various ongoing and emerging industry initiatives for enabling new entrants (e.g., unmannedaircraft systems, urban air taxis) and enhanced use of underserved airspace (e.g., ultra-highaltitude) are pursuing various alternative operating modes with significant similarities, creating aunique and time-limited opportunity for harmonization and convergence. Digital Flight isproposed to serve that harmonizing role, creating a common new paradigm for airspace operations.Such convergence would not only bring together these emerging market segments but will alsobolster the existing operators with access to this new operating mode and its advantages. DigitalFlight provides an opportunity to focus regulatory development and benefit the aviation industry.This paper describes Digital Flight in sufficient detail to initiate community engagement anddeliberation on a common new operating mode. It describes the essential elements, principalcapabilities, and operational integration of DFR in shared airspace. It describes the valueproposition from multiple perspectives and presents initial thoughts on the path forward.
总页数：	62 pages