Unmanned aircraft system demand generation and airspace performance impact prediction

Abstract

Agenda 2 What NASA-funded project to develop future flight data sets for different civilian UAS missions e.g., traffic monitoring and disaster management Why FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 requires UAS integration: -"[A comprehensive plan to] provide for the safe integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system as soon as practicable, but not later than September 30, 2015." (Sec. 332) Future UAS flight data sets are needed to study UAS integration e.g., controller workload, and flight safety and security How Modeled three UAS missions (with high potential for NAS interactions) -Air Quality Monitoring, Wildfire Monitoring and On-demand Air Taxi Two modeling approaches -Input from subject matter experts -Activity-based modelingDeveloped future flight data sets (FDSs) for these missions