Synthesis of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Safety Reports

Safety of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Facing Multiple Breakdowns

This work deals with data analysis issues in an aeronautics context by using a formal framework relying on activity recognition techniques which are applied to the certification and safety analysis processes of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in breakdown situations. In this paper, the behaviour of these systems is modelled, simulated and studied in case of multiple failures using a complex event pro...

Unmanned aircraft systems as wingmen

This paper introduces a method to integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) into a highly functional manned/ unmanned team through the design and implementation of 3D distributed formation/flight control algorithms with the goal to act as wingmen for a manned aircraft. The proposed algorithms are designed to increase UAS autonomy, dynamically modify formations, utilize standard operating forma...

Handling Qualities Evaluations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Research with Collaborative Unmanned Aircraft Systems

We provide an overview of ongoing research which targets development of a principled framework for mixed-initiative interaction with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). UASs are now becoming technologically mature enough to be integrated into civil society. Principled interaction between UASs and human resources is an essential component in their future uses in complex emergency services or blueli...

An Integrated Safety and Systems Engineering Methodology for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

This paper presents an integrated methodology for addressing safety concerns during the systems engineering of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). We describe both the systems and safety engineering activities performed, their interrelations, and how they complement range safety analysis. The broad goal of this work is to support the derivation of an airworthiness statement, and the subsequ...