Developing drone experimentation facility: progress, challenges and cUAS consideration

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dc.contributor.authorPanagiotakopoulos, Dimitrios
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, Alex
dc.contributor.authorPetrunin, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorHarman, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorQuilter, Tim
dc.contributor.authorWilliams-Wynn, Ian
dc.contributor.authorGoudie, Gavin
dc.contributor.authorWatson, Neil
dc.contributor.authorVernall, Phil
dc.contributor.authorReid, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorPuscius, Eimantas
dc.contributor.authorCole, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorTsourdos, Antonios
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-15T11:57:03Z
dc.date.available2021-07-15T11:57:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-02
dc.description.abstractThe operation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) is widely recognised to be limited globally by challenges associated with gaining regulatory approval for flight Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) from the UAS Remote Pilot. This challenge extends from unmanned aircraft flights having to follow the same ‘see and avoid’ regulatory principles with respect to collision avoidance as for manned aircraft. Due to the technical challenges of UAS and Remote Pilots being adequately informed of potential traffic threats, this requirement effectively prohibits BVLOS UAS flight in uncontrolled airspace, unless a specific UAS operational airspace is segregated from manned aviation traffic, often achieved by use of a Temporary Danger Area (TDA) or other spatial arrangements. The UK Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA) has defined a Detect and Avoid (DAA) framework for operators of UAS to follow in order to demonstrate effective collision avoidance capability, and hence the ability to satisfy the ‘see and avoid’ requirement. The National BVLOS Experimentation Corridor (NBEC) is an initiative to create a drone experimentation facility that incorporates a range of surveillance and navigation information sources, including radars, data fusion, and operational procedures in order to demonstrate a capable DAA System. The NBEC is part located within an active Airodrome Traffic Zone (ATZ) at Cranfield Airport, which further creates the opportunity to develop and test systems and procedures together with an operational Air Traffic Control (ATC) unit. This allows for manned and unmanned traffic to be integrated from both systems and procedural perspectives inside segregated airspace in a first stage, and then subsequently transiting to/from non-segregated airspace. The NBEC provides the environment in which a number of challenges can be addressed. This paper discusses the lack of target performance parameters, the methodology for gaining regulatory approval for non-segregated BVLOS flights and for defining peformance parameters for counter UAS (cUAS).en_UK
dc.identifier.citationPanagiotakopoulos D, Williamson A, Petrunin I, et al., (2021) Developing drone experimentation facility: progress, challenges and cUAS consideration. In: 2021 21st International Radar Symposium (IRS), 21-22 June 2021, Berlinen_UK
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dc.identifier.issn2155-5753
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23919/IRS51887.2021.9466204
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16884
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherIEEEen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectAir traffic controlen_UK
dc.subjectVisualizationen_UK
dc.subjectSurveillanceen_UK
dc.subjectEcosystemsen_UK
dc.subjectRadar detectionen_UK
dc.titleDeveloping drone experimentation facility: progress, challenges and cUAS considerationen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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