Preface |
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About the Editor |
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About the Contributors |
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1.2 Historical Perspective on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
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1.6 UAS Future Challenges |
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1.7 Fault Tolerance for UAS |
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2 Performance Tradeoffs and the Development of Standards |
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2.1 Scope of Sense and Avoid |
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35 | (1) |
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2.2 System Configurations |
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36 | (2) |
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2.3 S&A Services and Sub-functions |
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39 | (3) |
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2.4.2 Ground-Based Sensing |
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2.5 Tracking and Trajectory Prediction |
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2.6 Threat Declaration and Resolution Decisions |
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2.6.1 Collision Avoidance |
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43 | (2) |
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2.6.3 Human Decision versus Algorithm |
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2.7 Sense and Avoid Timeline |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (1) |
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2.9 Modeling and Simulation |
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2.11.2 Operational and Functional Requirements |
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2.11.4 Safety, Performance, and Interoperability Assessments |
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2.11.5 Performance Requirements |
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53 | (1) |
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3 Integration of SAA Capabilities into a UAS Distributed Architecture for Civil Applications |
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55 | (2) |
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3.2.1 Distributed System Architecture |
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3.3 USAL Concept and Structure |
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3.4 Flight and Mission Services |
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65 | (3) |
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3.5 Awareness Category at USAL Architecture |
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3.5.1 Preflight Operational Procedures: Flight Dispatcher |
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70 | (2) |
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3.5.2 USAL SAA on Airfield Operations |
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3.5.3 Awareness Category during UAS Mission |
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Part II Regulatory Issues and Human Factors |
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4 Regulations and Requirements |
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4.1 Background Information |
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4.1.3 Types of UAS and their Missions |
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4.2 Existing Regulations and Standards |
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4.2.1 Current Certification Mechanisms for UAS |
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4.2.2 Standardization Bodies and Safety Agencies |
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4.3 Sense and Avoid Requirements |
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4.3.1 General Sense Requirements |
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4.3.2 General Avoidance Requirements |
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4.3.3 Possible SAA Requirements as a Function of the Airspace Class |
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4.3.4 Possible SAA Requirements as a Function of the Flight Altitude and Visibility Conditions |
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4.3.5 Possible SAA Requirements as a Function of the Type of Communications Relay |
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4.3.6 Possible SAA Requirements as a Function of the Automation Level of the UAS |
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4.4 Human Factors and Situational Awareness Considerations |
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112 | (1) |
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5.2 Teleoperation of UAVs |
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5.3 Control of Multiple Unmanned Vehicles |
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5.5 Multimodal Interaction with Unmanned Vehicles |
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127 | (1) |
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5.7 Automation and Multitasking |
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5.8 Individual Differences |
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5.8.1 Attentional Control and Automation |
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5.8.4 Video Games Experience |
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Part III SAA Methodologies |
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6 Sense and Avoid Concepts: Vehicle-Based SAA Systems (Vehicle-to-Vehicle) |
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6.2 Conflict Detection and Resolution Principles |
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6.2.2 Trajectory Prediction |
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6.2.4 Conflict Resolution |
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6.3 Categorization of Conflict Detection and Resolution Approaches |
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6.3.3 Game Theory Methods |
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6.3.6 Numerical Optimization Approaches |
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6.3.8 Multi-agent Methods |
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7 UAS Conflict Detection and Resolution Using Differential Geometry Concepts |
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7.2 Differential Geometry Kinematics |
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7.3.1 Collision Kinematics |
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7.3.2 Collision Detection |
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7.4 Conflict Resolution: Approach I |
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7.4.1 Collision Kinematics |
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7.4.2 Resolution Guidance |
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7.4.3 Analysis and Extension |
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7.5 Conflict Resolution: Approach II |
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7.5.1 Resolution Kinematics and Analysis |
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7.5.2 Resolution Guidance |
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7.6.1 Simulation Results: Approach I |
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7.6.2 Simulation Results: Approach II |
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8 Aircraft Separation Management Using Common Information Network SAA |
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205 | (3) |
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8.2 CIN Sense and Avoid Requirements |
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208 | (4) |
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8.3 Automated Separation Management on a CIN |
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8.3.1 Elements of Automated Aircraft Separation |
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8.3.2 Grid-Based Separation Automation |
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8.3.3 Genetic-Based Separation Automation |
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8.3.4 Emerging Systems-Based Separation Automation |
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8.4 Smart Skies Implementation |
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8.4.1 Smart Skies Background |
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8.4.3 Communication Architecture |
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219 | (2) |
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8.4.5 Automated Separation Implementation |
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8.4.6 Smart Skies Implementation Summary |
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8.5 Example SAA on a CIN - Flight Test Results |
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8.6 Summary and Future Developments |
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9 AgentFly: Scalable, High-Fidelity Framework for Simulation, Planning and Collision Avoidance of Multiple UAVs |
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9.1 Agent-Based Architecture |
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9.1.2 Environment Simulation Agents |
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9.2 Airplane Control Concept |
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9.3 Flight Trajectory Planner |
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9.4.1 Multi-layer Collision Avoidance Architecture |
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9.4.2 Cooperative Collision Avoidance |
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247 | (3) |
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9.4.3 Non-cooperative Collision Avoidance |
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9.7 Deployment to Fixed-Wing UAV |
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260 | (3) |
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10 See and Avoid Using Onboard Computer Vision |
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10.1.2 Outline of the SAA Problem |
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10.3 Visual-EO Airborne Collision Detection |
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10.4.2 Jitter Compensation Techniques |
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10.5 Detection and Tracking |
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10.5.1 Two-Stage Detection Approach |
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10.6 Target Dynamics and Avoidance Control |
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10.6.1 Estimation of Target Bearing |
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10.6.2 Bearing-Based Avoidance Control |
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10.7 Hardware Technology and Platform Integration |
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10.7.1 Target/Intruder Platforms |
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10.7.4 Real-Time Image Processing |
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10.8.1 Test Phase Results |
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11 The Use of Low-Cost Mobile Radar Systems for Small UAS Sense and Avoid |
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11.2 The UAS Operating Environment |
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11.2.2 Airspace and Radio Carriage |
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11.3 Sense and Avoid and Collision Avoidance |
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11.3.1 A Layered Approach to Avoiding Collisions |
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300 | (1) |
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11.3.3 The UA Operating Volume |
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11.3.4 Situation Awareness |
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11.4 Case Study: The Smart Skies Project |
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11.4.2 Smart Skies Architecture |
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11.4.3 The Mobile Aircraft Tracking System |
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11.4.4 The Airborne Systems Laboratory |
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11.4.6 Automated Dynamic Airspace Controller |
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11.5 Case Study: Flight Test Results |
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11.5.1 Radar Characterisation Experiments |
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11.5.2 Sense and Avoid Experiments |
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319 | (5) |
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11.5.3 Automated Sense and Avoid |
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324 | (2) |
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11.5.4 Dynamic Sense and Avoid Experiments |
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326 | (1) |
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11.5.5 Tracking a Variety of Aircraft |
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326 | (5) |
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11.5.6 Weather Monitoring |
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Epilogue |
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Index |
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