Assuring Ground-Based Detect and Avoid for UAS Operations
One of the goals of the Marginal Ice Zones Observations and Processes Experiment (MIZOPEX) NASA Earth science mission was to show the operational capabilities of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) when deployed on challenging missions, in difficult environments. Given the extreme conditions of the Arct...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:20140017285 2023-05-15T15:06:58+02:00 Assuring Ground-Based Detect and Avoid for UAS Operations Storms, Bruce Fladeland, Matthew Berthold, Randall Sumich, Mark Pai, Ganeshmadhav Jagadeesh Denney, Ewen W. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available October 5, 2014 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140017285 unknown Document ID: 20140017285 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140017285 Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright CASI Aircraft Design Testing and Performance Geosciences (General) Air Transportation and Safety ARC-E-DAA-TN18115 Digital Avionics Systems Conference; 5-9 Oct. 2014; Colorado Springs, CO; United States 2014 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T00:21:25Z One of the goals of the Marginal Ice Zones Observations and Processes Experiment (MIZOPEX) NASA Earth science mission was to show the operational capabilities of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) when deployed on challenging missions, in difficult environments. Given the extreme conditions of the Arctic environment where MIZOPEX measurements were required, the mission opted to use a radar to provide a ground-based detect-and-avoid (GBDAA) capability as an alternate means of compliance (AMOC) with the see-and-avoid federal aviation regulation. This paper describes how GBDAA safety assurance was provided by interpreting and applying the guidelines in the national policy for UAS operational approval. In particular, we describe how we formulated the appropriate safety goals, defined the processes and procedures for system safety, identified and assembled the relevant safety verification evidence, and created an operational safety case in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements. To the best of our knowledge, the safety case, which was ultimately approved by the FAA, is the first successful example of non-military UAS operations using GBDAA in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS), and, therefore, the first nonmilitary application of the safety case concept in this context. Other/Unknown Material Arctic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic |
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One of the goals of the Marginal Ice Zones Observations and Processes Experiment (MIZOPEX) NASA Earth science mission was to show the operational capabilities of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) when deployed on challenging missions, in difficult environments. Given the extreme conditions of the Arctic environment where MIZOPEX measurements were required, the mission opted to use a radar to provide a ground-based detect-and-avoid (GBDAA) capability as an alternate means of compliance (AMOC) with the see-and-avoid federal aviation regulation. This paper describes how GBDAA safety assurance was provided by interpreting and applying the guidelines in the national policy for UAS operational approval. In particular, we describe how we formulated the appropriate safety goals, defined the processes and procedures for system safety, identified and assembled the relevant safety verification evidence, and created an operational safety case in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements. To the best of our knowledge, the safety case, which was ultimately approved by the FAA, is the first successful example of non-military UAS operations using GBDAA in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS), and, therefore, the first nonmilitary application of the safety case concept in this context. |
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Assuring Ground-Based Detect and Avoid for UAS Operations |
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