An operability framework for unmanned aircraft systems

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dc.contributor.authorManeschijn A.
dc.contributor.authorJones T.
dc.contributor.authorVon Backstrom T.W.
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-13T16:58:18Z
dc.date.available2011-10-13T16:58:18Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractIn the current absence of comprehensive and generic UAS airworthiness regulations, the development of UAS and their introduction into non-segregated airspace pose significant challenges to the UAS industry and regulators. This paper reports on a research study that considered the problem, from an engineering perspective, beyond the limits of the airworthiness of the aircraft and remote control station. The study introduces the concept of UAS operability, which includes the safe and reliable functioning of the UAS as a system, the airworthiness of its airborne sub-systems, and the safe and reliable functioning of its non-airborne sub-systems and functional payloads. The regulatory domain for UAS operability is described and the study establishes a generic and comprehensive UAS operability framework. The framework was validated by populating its elements with engineering criteria that can be used by the UAS engineering domain for the development of engineering specifications and as guidance towards achieving the safe and reliable functioning of UAS.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationAeronautical Journal
dc.identifier.citation115
dc.identifier.citation1168
dc.identifier.citationhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79959874864&partnerID=40&md5=0fe60c1be84655f28e1b4a153006d0e8
dc.identifier.issn19240
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16678
dc.subjectEngineering criterion
dc.subjectEngineering domains
dc.subjectEngineering perspective
dc.subjectEngineering specification
dc.subjectRegulatory domain
dc.subjectRemote-control stations
dc.subjectResearch studies
dc.subjectSub-systems
dc.subjectUnmanned aircraft system
dc.subjectAircraft control
dc.subjectUnmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
dc.titleAn operability framework for unmanned aircraft systems
dc.typeArticle
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