Angelov: Sense & Avoid in UAS: Research & Applications 12th edition

State-of-the-art in research in this challenging yet crucial and topical field, addressing the challenges associated with sense and avoid systems in UASs/ UAVs in their complexity and entirety.

Sense and avoid systems are a key technology in the fastest growing field of aircraft development – unmanned aircraft systems. Sense and Avoid in UAS: Research and Applications addresses the challenges associated with sense and avoid systems in UASs/ UAVs in their complexity and entirety. Encompassing the state-of-the-art in research in this challenging yet crucial and topical field, it isauthored by leading practitioners and researchers from three different continents worldwide working on £multi-million research programmes such as ASTRAEA. 

Highly original, it fulfils the current gap in the published literature on sense and avoid covering views and analyses from sensing to guidance to human factors to regulatory issues. The authors assume some basic knowledge of aviation navigation and aerodynamics, but address principles rather than complex mathematics.

Key Features

• Addresses the challenges associated with sense and avoid systems in UASs/ UAVs in their complexity and entirety.
• Fulfils the current gap in published literature on sense and avoid.
• Covers views and analyses from sensing to guidance to human factors to regulatory issues.
• Authored by leading researchers as well as industry practitioners worldwide.

Contents

Part I INTRODUCTION.

1. Introduction 

• 1.1. UAV versus UAS
• 1.2. A Historical Perspective on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• 1.3. UAV Classification
• 1.4. UAV Applications
• 1.5. UAS Market Overview
• 1.6. Fault Tolerance for UAS
• 1.5. References.

2. Performance Tradeoffs and development of Standards

• 2.1. Scope of Sense and Avoid.
• 2.2. System Architectures.
• 2.3. Sense and Avoid Services and Sub-functions.
• 2.4. Sensor Capabilities.
• 2.5. Tracking and Trajectory Prediction.
• 2.6. Threat Declaration and Resolution Decisions.
• 2.7. Sense and Avoid Timeline.
• 2.8. Safety Assesment.
• 2.9. Modelling and Simulation.
• 2.10. Human Factors.
• 2.11. Standards Process. 

3. Integration of SAA capabilities into a UAS distributed architecture for civil applications

• 3.1. Introduction.
• 3.2. System Overview.
• 3.3. USAL Concept and Structure.
• 3.4. Flight and Mission Services.
• 3.5. Awareness Category at USAL Architecture. 

Part II REGULATORY ISSUES AND HUMAN FACTORS.
4. Regulations and Requirements, human factors aspects and situational awareness 

• 4.1. Background Information. 
• 4.2. Existing Regulations and Standards.
• 4.3. Sense and Avoid Requirements.
• 4.4. Human Factors and Situational Awareness Considerations.

5. Human Factyors in UAS

• 5.1. Introduction.
• 5.2. Tele-operation of UAV.
• 5.3. Integrating with Semi Autonomous Systems.
• 5.4. Multi-modal Interaction with Unmanned Vehicles. 

Part III SAA METHODOLOGIES.
6. Sense and Avoid Concpets: Vehicle-based SAA Systems

• 6.1. Introduction.
• 6.2. Conflict Detection and Resolution Principles.
• 6.3. Categorization of Conflict Detection and Resolution Approaches.
• 6.4. References.

7. UAV Conflict Detection and Resolution using Differential Geometry

• 7.1. Introduction.
• 7.2. Differential Geometry Kinematics.
• 7.3. Conflict Detection. 
• 7.5. Conflict Resolution Guidance: Approach II
• 7.6. CD&R Simulation.

8. Aircraft Separation Management using Common Infomration Network SAA

• 8.1. Introduction.
• 8.2. CIN Sense and Avoid Requirements.
• 8.3. Automated Separation Management on a CIN.
• 8.4. ‘Smart Skies’ Implementation.
• 8.5. Example SAA on a CIN – Flight Test Results.
• 8.6. Summary and Future Developments.
• 8.7. References.

Part IV SAA APPLICATIONS.
9. AgentFly: Scalable, High-Fidelity Framework for Simulation, Planning and Collision Avoidance of Multiple UAVs

• 9.1. Agent-based Architecture.
• 9.2. Airplane Control Concept.
• 9.3. Flight Trajectory Planner.
• 9.4. Collision Avoidance.
• 9.5. Team Cooperation.
• 9.6. Scalable Simulation.
• 9.7. Deployment of Fixed-wing UAV.
• 9.8. References.

10. See and Avoid using On-board Computer Vision 

• 10.1. Introduction. 
• 10.2. Literatrure Review.
• 10.3. Visual-EO Airborne Collision Detection.
• 10.4. Image Capture.
• 10.5. Image Stabilisation.
• 10.6. Detection and tracking.
• 10.7. Target Dynamics and Avoidance Control. 
• 10.8. Hardware Technology and Platform Integration.
• 10.9. Flight Testing. 
• 10.10. Future Work.
• 10.11. Conclusions.
• 10.12. References.

11. Use of Low-cost Mobile radar Systems for Small UAV SAA

• 11.1. Introduction.
• 11.2. The UAS Operating Environment.
• 11.3. Sense and Avoid and Collision Avoidance.
• 11.4. Smart Skies Project. 
• 11.5. Flight Test Results.
• 11.6. Discussion.
• 11.7. Summary.
• 11.8. The Future.
• 11.9. References.

12. Epilogue.
13. Glossary.
14. Index.
15. About the contributors. 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 384 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 12 edition (May 8, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470979755
• ISBN-13: 978-0470979754

List Price: $120.00 

 

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