Comparison of see-and-avoid performance in manned and remotely piloted aircraft

Abstract

See-and-avoid is the current FAA approved method for pilots to avoid objects and other aircraft while flying in visual meteorological conditions (VMC). Although fully autonomous dasiasense-and-avoidpsila or dasiadetect-and-avoidpsila systems are in development, none are currently certified. Thus existing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations are limited to case-by-case restricted airspace or require escort by manned aircraft. Many UAVs are equipped with at least a forward-looking camera. In the transition between current technology and future fully autonomous, certified sense-and-avoid systems, it seems reasonable to require a ground-based operator to perform the see-and-avoid function. This paper discusses the flight-testing performed to establish air traffic detection ranges for low-time pilots, and for a low-cost UAV camera system. The system was evaluated to determine if it could provide the equivalent see-and-avoid performance as the tested pilots.

Original document

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• https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ohiou1226529624&disposition=inline

• http://xplorestaging.ieee.org/ielx5/4694773/4702732/04702836.pdf?arnumber=4702836,

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/dasc.2008.4702836

• http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.ieee-000004702836,

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4702836,

https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ohiou1226529624&disposition=inline,

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/1973094398