A set of more than 100 flight operations were conducted at NASA Langley Research Center using small UAS (sUAS) to demonstrate, test, and evaluate a set of technologies and an overarching air-ground system concept aimed at enabling safety. The research vehicle was tracked continuously during nominal traversal of planned flight paths while autonomously operating over moderately populated land. For selected flights, off-nominal risks were introduced, including vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) encounters. Three contingency maneuvers were demonstrated that provide safe responses. These maneuvers made use of an integrated air/ground platform and two on-board autonomous capabilities. Flight data was monitored and recorded with multiple ground systems and was forwarded in real time to a UAS traffic management (UTM) server for airspace coordination and supervision.


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    Title :

    Testing Enabling Technologies for Safe UAS Urban Operations


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2018 AIAA Aviation ; 2018 ; Atlanta, GA, United States


    Publication date :

    2018-06-25


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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