FAA-UAS-Conops-Version-2-0-1

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Table of Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background ........................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Problem Statement ................................................................................................ 2 1.3 Concept Overview .................................................................................................. 3 2 Current Operations and Capabilities ..................................................................... 5 2.1 Operational System Description ............................................................................... 5 2.2 Methods of UAS Flight Authorization ......................................................................... 6 2.3 Current UAS Operations .......................................................................................... 7 3 Integration Challenges and Opportunities ............................................................ 9 3.1 Current Challenges/Shortfalls .................................................................................. 9 3.2 Technological Opportunities................................................................................... 13 3.3 Benefits to be Realized ......................................................................................... 13 3.4 Path Forward ....................................................................................................... 14 4 Concept of Operations .........................................................................................15 4.1 Terminology ........................................................................................................ 15 4.2 General Requirements and Assumptions for Integration ............................................ 17 4.3 Operational System Description ............................................................................. 18 4.4 UAS Certification and Operational Approval ............................................................. 20 4.5 Layers of Separation Assurance ............................................................................. 23 4.6 NAS Operating Environment .................................................................................. 26 4.7 UAS Operations ................................................................................................... 28 4.8 Contingency Operations ........................................................................................ 50 4.9 Enterprise Services and Infrastructure .................................................................... 52 ii
5 Operational Scenarios .........................................................................................55 5.1 Flight Planning ..................................................................................................... 57 5.2 Surface Operations .............................................................................................. 60 5.3 Loiter for Surveillance .......................................................................................... 63 5.4 Vertical Transit (and Operations Above Class A) ....................................................... 68 5.5 Grid Pattern ........................................................................................................ 72 5.6 Point-To-Point ..................................................................................................... 76 5.7 Oceanic Point-to-Point .......................................................................................... 81 5.8 Maneuvering in High-Density Airspace .................................................................... 85 5.9 Search Pattern .................................................................................................... 89 6 Summary of Impacts ...........................................................................................92 7 References.........................................................................................................101 4 Appendix A: Glossary of Terms ..........................................................................104 5 Appendix B: Acronym List ..................................................................................110 iii
Page 1: Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Sy
Page 6 and 7: List of Figures Figure 1. UAS opera
Page 8 and 9: List of Tables Table 1. Strategic T
Page 10 and 11: Figure 1. UAS operational concept w
Page 12 and 13: Figure 2. Airspace classes within t
Page 14 and 15: Using the control link, the PIC tra
Page 16 and 17: The flight crew communicates with A
Page 18 and 19: Rules and procedures do not cover a
Page 20 and 21: 3.1.5 UAS Communications Link The v
Page 22 and 23: Public UAS operators benefit across
Page 24 and 25: Sense and Avoid (UAS Responsibiliti
Page 26 and 27: 10. FAA policy, guidelines, and aut
Page 28 and 29: 4.4 UAS Certification and Operation
Page 30 and 31: Existing operational standards for
Page 32 and 33: “Well clear” as described in 14
Page 34 and 35: 4.6 NAS Operating Environment The N
Page 36 and 37: Information on Special Activity Air
Page 38 and 39: Traffic management automation assis
Page 40 and 41: 4.7.1.2 Flight Planning With integr
Page 42 and 43: This information is captured to the
Page 44 and 45: � UAS flights are integrated into
Page 46 and 47: 4.7.3 Class A ATC is responsible fo
Page 48 and 49: 4.7.4 Class B UAS that meet the air
Page 50 and 51: 4.7.5 Class C and D Manned aircraft
Page 52 and 53: Table 6. Class E Operations Improve
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Examples of Class E arrival operati
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Thus, the requirement for the UAS f
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Table 9. Oceanic Operations Improve
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If the PIC cannot establish alterna
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4.9.5 ANSP Training ATC and TFM per
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Table 10. Summary of Scenarios Scen
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Figure 9. Proposed flight plan prof
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5.2 Surface Operations 5.2.1 Overvi
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The PIC contacts ATC ground for a t
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5.3.2 UAS Description The UA is a t
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After an hour of loitering, the PIC
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5.4 Vertical Transit (and Operation
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Once the intent is filed, ATM autom
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5.5 Grid Pattern 5.5.1 Overview Thi
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5.5.3 Scenario Description The FOC
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5.6 Point-To-Point 5.6.1 Overview T
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5.6.3 Scenario Description Prior to
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The VFR pilot, when asked about his
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5.7.2 UAS Description The UA is a m
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As the UA begins its climb, the slo
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5.8.2 UAS Description The UA is a s
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The PIC is able to depict the UA cu
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5.9.2 UAS Description The UAS is a
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6 Summary of Impacts This section c
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Key Performance Area FAA NAS Users
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Table 19. Impact of UAS Integration
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Concept Document Description Potent
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Concept Document Description Potent
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Henriksen, S. J. Estimation of Futu
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4 Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Ter
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Terminology Definition Collision Av
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Terminology Definition Point-to-poi
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5 Appendix B: Acronym List 4D Four
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UAS Related Acronyms TMI Traffic Ma
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