Intelligent UAS Situation Awareness and Information Delivery - Mitre
Intelligent UAS Situation Awareness and Information Delivery - Mitre
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<strong>Intelligent</strong> <strong>UAS</strong> <strong>Situation</strong><br />
<strong>Awareness</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Information</strong><br />
<strong>Delivery</strong><br />
Qian Hu & Chris Jella<br />
MSR<br />
Approved for public release #11-1886. Distribution unlimited.<br />
©2011, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved.<br />
Disclaimer<br />
The contents of this document reflect the views of the author <strong>and</strong> The MITRE Corporation<br />
<strong>and</strong> do not necessarily reflect the views of the FAA or the DOT. Neither the Federal Aviation<br />
Administration nor the Department of Transportation makes any warranty or guarantee,<br />
expressed or implied, concerning the content or accuracy of these views.
Value Proposition<br />
Background<br />
<strong>UAS</strong> systems for military operations, border patrol, <strong>and</strong> other<br />
applications have been a great success. Exp<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>UAS</strong><br />
presence in non-segregated civil airspace is limited due to<br />
safety risks<br />
Lost comm<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> control links between the unmanned<br />
aircraft <strong>and</strong> the pilot as well as the loss of ATC<br />
communications are potential safety risks<br />
Project<br />
Develop an onboard <strong>Intelligent</strong> <strong>Situation</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Information</strong> <strong>Delivery</strong> System to monitor <strong>UAS</strong> flight status <strong>and</strong><br />
when a lost link occurs, convert the mission plan intent data<br />
into a voice message <strong>and</strong> deliver through emergency VHF<br />
frequency to ATC <strong>and</strong> nearby aircraft<br />
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Background<br />
Line of<br />
Sight<br />
Air Traffic Control<br />
When the link is lost, the UA is<br />
flying autonomously.<br />
Nobody knows where<br />
Comm<strong>and</strong> & Control<br />
the UA Link is going<br />
Pilot<br />
Picture of São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport's tower from the Wikimedia Commons, a freely<br />
licensed media file repository.<br />
Beyond<br />
Line of<br />
Sight<br />
Fly-by-Wireless<br />
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Objective<br />
Develop <strong>Intelligent</strong> <strong>UAS</strong> <strong>Situation</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Information</strong> <strong>Delivery</strong> System to<br />
broadcast voice messages of <strong>UAS</strong> intent to<br />
ATC <strong>and</strong> nearby aircraft <strong>and</strong> to return<br />
information to ATC voice queries<br />
Voice messages through<br />
emergency frequency provide<br />
<strong>UAS</strong> flight intent to ATC <strong>and</strong><br />
other nearby pilots<br />
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Activities<br />
■ Research <strong>and</strong> develop simulation models of <strong>UAS</strong><br />
to simulate on-board flight management system<br />
with which the <strong>Intelligent</strong> <strong>UAS</strong> <strong>Situation</strong> <strong>Awareness</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>Information</strong> <strong>Delivery</strong> system can interact<br />
■ Developed the <strong>Intelligent</strong> Analyzer software to<br />
monitor on-board flight status <strong>and</strong> deliver real time<br />
voice message when C2 link is lost<br />
■ Developed emergency voice messages following<br />
FAA protocols <strong>and</strong> phraseology with speech<br />
synthesizer<br />
■ Experimented with simulated two-way voice<br />
commination between <strong>UAS</strong> to ATC to mitigate<br />
traffic conflicts during lost C2 link<br />
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Highlight: On-board <strong>Intelligent</strong><br />
Analyzer Live Monitors <strong>UAS</strong> System<br />
On-board<br />
<strong>Intelligent</strong><br />
Analyzer<br />
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Demonstration<br />
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Future Plans<br />
■ Exp<strong>and</strong> the <strong>Intelligent</strong> Analyzer to receive voice<br />
queries, interpret them, obtain the requested on-board<br />
<strong>UAS</strong> status, <strong>and</strong> return the relevant information via<br />
voice messages such as:<br />
Hawk 10, repeat intent<br />
What is your rate of descent?<br />
Repeat true airspeed <strong>and</strong> fuel level<br />
Fine-tune the research prototype <strong>and</strong> integrate with<br />
on-board management system for field<br />
experimentation, adaptation, <strong>and</strong> integration, humanin-the-loop<br />
testing<br />
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