Near midair collision analog for drones based on unmitigated collision risk

A Weinert, L Alvarez, M Owen, B Zintak - Journal of Air Transportation, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
The capability to avoid other air traffic is a fundamental component of the layered conflict
management system to ensure safe and efficient operations. The evaluation of systems …

ACAS sXu: Robust decentralized detect and avoid for small unmanned aircraft systems

LE Alvarez, I Jessen, MP Owen… - 2019 IEEE/AIAA 38th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Demand for small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) continues to increase in diversity and
volume, however applications are currently limited by regulatory requirements for visual …

Collision risk management for non-cooperative UAS traffic in airport-restricted airspace with alert zones based on probabilistic conflict map

CHJ Wang, SK Tan, KH Low - Transportation research part C: emerging …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen an increase in reported unmanned aerial systems (UAS) incursion
into terminal airspace, likely due to the ease of access to recreational UAS to the general …

A conceptual approach to time savings and cost competitiveness assessments for drone transport of biologic samples with unmanned aerial systems (Drones)

KA Johannessen - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, drones) are expected to save transport time and improve
service reliability for transport of biologic samples, but few studies have evaluated the …

Developing a low altitude manned encounter model using ADS-B observations

A Weinert, N Underhill, A Wicks - 2019 IEEE Aerospace …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the US National Airspace System, low
altitude regions are being stressed in historically new ways. The FAA must understand and …

A Method of Compliance for Achieving Target Collision Risk in UTM Operations

M Xue, V Kuo, JI de Alvear Cárdenas… - AIAA AVIATION FORUM …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
This work proposes a method of compliance to ensure that the collision risks among small
unmanned aircraft systems meet the target level of safety. This method presents what is …

A quantitatively derived nmac analog for smaller unmanned aircraft systems based on unmitigated collision risk

A Weinert, L Alvarez, M Owen, B Zintak - 2020 - preprints.org
The capability to avoid other air traffic is a fundamental component of the layered conflict
management system to ensure safe and efficient operations in the National Airspace …

Evaluating collision avoidance for small UAS using ACAS X

J Deaton, MP Owen - AIAA scitech 2020 forum, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) offer many potential benefits to society but also
pose a dangerous mid-air collision hazard. Safely integrating into shared airspace will …

Three quantitative means to remain well clear for small UAS in the terminal area

ET Lester, A Weinert - 2019 Integrated Communications …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) at low altitudes are increasingly being deployed
to support important inspection, communications, and delivery operations. However, the …

A multi-disciplinary scenario simulation for low-altitude unmanned air delivery

S Schopferer, A Donkels, S Schirmer… - Automated Low-Altitude …, 2022 - Springer
The design and development of unmanned aircraft is a complex multi-disciplinary task. In
the context of risk-based and operation-centric assurance and certification, operational …