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 ‘sense-and-avoid’ or ‘detect-and-avoid’ 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 [ 1, 2]. 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.


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    Title :

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


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    Publication date :

    2008-10-01


    Size :

    740056 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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