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UAS Integration in the NAS Project: Flight Test 3 Data Analysis of JADEM-Autoresolver Detect and Avoid SystemThe Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System project, or UAS Integration in the NAS, aims to reduce technical barriers related to safety and operational challenges associated with enabling routine UAS access to the NAS. The UAS Integration in the NAS Project conducted a flight test activity, referred to as Flight Test 3 (FT3), involving several Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) research prototype systems between June 15, 2015 and August 12, 2015 at the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC). This report documents the flight testing and analysis results for the NASA Ames-developed JADEM-Autoresolver DAA system, referred to as 'Autoresolver' herein. Four flight test days (June 17, 18, 22, and July 22) were dedicated to Autoresolver testing. The objectives of this test were as follows: 1. Validate CPA prediction accuracy and detect-and-avoid (DAA, formerly known as self-separation) alerting logic in realistic flight conditions. 2. Validate DAA trajectory model including maneuvers. 3. Evaluate TCAS/DAA interoperability. 4. Inform final Minimum Operating Performance Standards (MOPS). Flight test scenarios were designed to collect data to directly address the objectives 1-3. Objective 4, inform final MOPS, was a general objective applicable to the UAS in the NAS project as a whole, of which flight test is a subset. This report presents analysis results completed in support of the UAS in the NAS project FT3 data review conducted on October 20, 2015. Due to time constraints and, to a lesser extent, TCAS data collection issues, objective 3 was not evaluated in this analysis.
Document ID
20170000656
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Gong, Chester
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Wu, Minghong G.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Santiago, Confesor
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
January 20, 2017
Publication Date
December 1, 2016
Subject Category
Air Transportation And Safety
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Report/Patent Number
NASA/TM-2016-219441
ARC-E-DAA-TN37767
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
flight test
UAS
detect and avoid
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