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Flight Test Overview for UAS Integration in the NAS ProjectThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is conducting a series of flight tests intended to support the reduction of barriers that prevent unmanned aircraft from flying without the required waivers from the Federal Aviation Administration. The most recent testing supported two separate test configurations. The first investigated the timing of Detect and Avoid (DAA) alerting thresholds using a radar-equipped unmanned vehicle and multiple live intruders flown at varying encounter geometries. The second configuration included a surrogate unmanned vehicle (flown from a ground control station, with a safety pilot on board) flying a mission in a virtual air traffic control airspace sector using research pilot displays and DAA advisories to maintain separation from live and virtual aircraft. The test was conducted over a seven-week span in the summer of 2015. The data from over 100 encounter sorties will be used to inform the RTCA Phase 1 Detect and Avoid and Command and Control Minimum Operating Performance Standards (MOPS) intended to be completed by the summer of 2016. Follow-on flight-testing is planned for the spring of 2016 to capture remaining encounters and support validation of the MOPS.
Document ID
20160000425
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Murphy, James R. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Hayes, Peggy S. (NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Kim, Sam K. (NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards, CA, United States)
Bridges, Wayne (Flight Research Associates, Inc. Jacksonville, OR, United States)
Marston, Michael (Jacobs Technology, Inc. Edwards AFB, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
January 7, 2016
Publication Date
January 4, 2016
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN27606
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA SciTech
Location: San Diego, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 4, 2015
End Date: January 8, 2015
Sponsors: American Inst. of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA13AA07C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NND08RR01B
WBS: WBS 357672.05.01.01.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
UAS
flight test
NAS Integration

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