Sense and avoid technologies with applications to unmanned aircraft systems: Review and prospects

X Yu, Y Zhang - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) are becoming ever more promising over the
last decade. The Sense and Avoid (S&A) system plays a profoundly important role in …

A survey of autonomous vision-based see and avoid for unmanned aircraft systems

A Mcfadyen, L Mejias - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the vision-based See and Avoid problem for
unmanned aircraft. The unique problem environment and associated constraints are …

Well-clear recommendation for small unmanned aircraft systems based on unmitigated collision risk

A Weinert, S Campbell, A Vela, D Schuldt… - Journal of air …, 2018 - arc.aiaa.org
Unmanned aircraft systems must demonstrate a capability to sense and avoid air traffic as
part of a layered conflict management system to enable safe operations in the National …

Airspace encounter models for estimating collision risk

MJ Kochenderfer, MWM Edwards… - Journal of Guidance …, 2010 - arc.aiaa.org
RIGOROUS analysis of a collision avoidance system is required before deployment in the
airspace due to the potentially catastrophic consequences of error in their operation. Civil …

BVLOS unmanned aircraft operations in forest environments

RJL Hartley, IL Henderson, CL Jackson - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
This article presents a review about Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) operations using
unmanned aircraft in forest environments. Forest environments present unique challenges …

Multiple-scenario unmanned aerial system control: A systems engineering approach and review of existing control methods

CM Eaton, EKP Chong, AA Maciejewski - Aerospace, 2016 - mdpi.com
The use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) in both the public and military environments is
predicted to grow significantly. As the demand for UASs grows, the availability of more …

Vision-based sense and avoid with monocular vision and real-time object detection for uavs

WL Leong, P Wang, S Huang, Z Ma… - 2021 international …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have become ubiquitous in the
recent years. Collision avoidance is a critical component of path planning, allowing multi …

ADS-B for small Unmanned Aerial Systems: Case study and regulatory practices

B Stark, B Stevenson, YQ Chen - 2013 international conference …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sense and Avoid Systems (SAASs) are one of the last technical challenges for the safe
integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) into the US National Airspace System …

Multi-rotor aircraft collision avoidance using partially observable Markov decision processes

ER Mueller, M Kochenderfer - AIAA Modeling and Simulation …, 2016 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents an extension to the ACAS X collision avoidance algorithm to multirotor
aircraft capable of using speed changes to avoid close encounters with neighboring aircraft …

[PDF][PDF] A comprehensive aircraft encounter model of the national airspace system

MJ Kochenderfer, LP Espindle, JK Kuchar… - Lincoln Laboratory …, 2008 - archive.ll.mit.edu
(NAS) is an essential but limited resource supporting the vitality of the economy and the
freedom to travel. Use of this resource is stressed, however, by demands placed by …