Flight Demonstration of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) at Technical Capability Level 3

Aweiss, Arwa; Homola, Jeffrey; Rios, Joseph; Jung, Jaewoo; Johnson, Marcus; Mercer, Joey; Modi, Hemil; Torres, Edgar; Ishihara, Abraham K.

doi:10.1109/dasc43569.2019.9081718

Cited by 15 publications

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“…The NASA flight demonstration for UTM technical capability level (TCL) 3 covered a sense and avoid scenario in which it addressed the hazard posed by transponder-equipped, manned flights. The scenario demonstrated the safe lateral separation in conflicts between a UAS using ADS-B IN and a manned flight using ADS-B OUT [42]. Similarly, another publication assessed separation between UAVs and manned flights equipped with ADS-B using commercial sensor equipment, called DJI AeroScope [43].…”

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confidence: 94%

“…The TCL 3 project verified a Remote ID broadcast operation in which UAVs were registered with UTM public key infrastructure (PKI) and broadcasted its messages. The messages were received properly and were identified by authorities on the ground [42]. The TCL 4 project demonstrated the capability of UTM-enabled Remote ID in several scenarios.…”

Section: Remote Id Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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UAS Traffic Management Communications: The Legacy of ADS-B, New Establishment of Remote ID, or Leverage of ADS-B-Like Systems?

Ruseno

Lin

Chang

2022

Drones

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Unmanned aerial system (UAS) traffic management (UTM) requires each UAS to communicate with each other and to other stakeholders involved in the operation. In practice, there are two types of wireless communication systems established in the UAS community: automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) and remote identification (Remote ID). In between these two systems, there is ADS-B-like communication which leverages using other types of communications available in the market for the purpose of UTM. This review aims to provide an insight into those three systems, based on the published standard documents and latest research development. It also suggests how to construct a feasible communication architecture. The integrative approach is used in this literature review. The review categorization includes definition, data format, technology used, and research applications, and any remaining issues are discussed. The similarities and differences of each system are elaborated, covering practical findings. In addition, the SWOT analysis is conducted based on the findings. Lastly, multi-channel communication for UTM is proposed as a feasible solution in the UTM operation.

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confidence: 99%

UAS Traffic Management Communications: The Legacy of ADS-B, New Establishment of Remote ID, or Leverage of ADS-B-Like Systems?

Ruseno

Lin

Chang

2022

Drones

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“…Consequently, the FAA established drone test sites in Alaska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Texas, and Virginia. The test sites supported the development and demonstration of Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) systems [11]. The Northern Plains UAS Test Site in North Dakota has been demonstrating beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) capabilities to support the practical commercial deployment of drones [12].…”

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Integrating Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft into Public Airspace: A Scenario Study

Bridgelall,

White,

Tolliver

2023

Future Transportation

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The successful deployment of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) requires the safe integration of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in non-segregated airspace. However, a lack of practical deployment demonstrations can slow the regulatory progress. This study presents a practical deployment framework for the integration of eVTOL aircraft into public airspace, in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) special airworthiness criteria. This study focused on a corporate use case to provide a comprehensive scenario for enhancing intra-company mobility. The scenario supports early implementation and demonstration goals by removing reliance on air traffic management systems or air traffic controller separation services. The practical deployment framework included facility selection, route planning, terrain mapping, collision avoidance, aircraft selection, infrastructure requirements, vertiport placement, electric chargers, ground handling, operational staff, and cost estimates. Planners can use the framework as a template to inform the implementation of real-world AAM services using eVTOL aircraft.

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“…This research has also identified problems that dense traffic in the low-level airspace will bring to the city users, by simulating the future urban airspace. In general, the functionalities of the aforementioned systems have only been demonstrated through simplistic simulations, and quite a few works have been devoted to field flight campaigns for preliminary tests [25,26]. We have also proposed in a previous work [27] a more realistic simulator for UAS operations based on the ROS middleware and the 3D simulation suite Gazebo (http://gazebosim.org, accessed on 26 April 2021).…”

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Unmanned Aerial Traffic Management System Architecture for U-Space In-Flight Services

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This paper presents a software architecture for Unmanned aerial system Traffic Management (UTM). The work is framed within the U-space ecosystem, which is the European initiative for UTM in the civil airspace. We propose a system that focuses on providing the required services for automated decision-making during real-time threat management and conflict resolution, which is the main gap in current UTM solutions. Nonetheless, our software architecture follows an open-source design that is modular and flexible enough to accommodate additional U-space services in future developments. In its current implementation, our UTM solution is capable of tracking the aerial operations and monitoring the airspace in real time, in order to perform in-flight emergency management and tactical deconfliction. We show experimental results in order to demonstrate the UTM system working in a realistic simulation setup. For that, we performed our tests with the UTM system and the operators of the aerial aircraft located at remote locations with the consequent communication issues, and we showcased that the system was capable of managing in real time the conflicting events in two different use cases.

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Flight Demonstration of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) at Technical Capability Level 3

Cited by 15 publications

References 10 publications

UAS Traffic Management Communications: The Legacy of ADS-B, New Establishment of Remote ID, or Leverage of ADS-B-Like Systems?

UAS Traffic Management Communications: The Legacy of ADS-B, New Establishment of Remote ID, or Leverage of ADS-B-Like Systems?

Integrating Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft into Public Airspace: A Scenario Study

Unmanned Aerial Traffic Management System Architecture for U-Space In-Flight Services

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