Overview

Commercial interest for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has seen a steady increase over the last decade. Nevertheless, UAS operations have remained almost exclusively military. This is mainly due to the lack of a regulatory framework that allows only limited public and civil UAS operations with usually crippling restrictions. Although efforts from the Federal Aviation Administration and its partners are already underway to integrate UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS), the appropriate regulation will not be ready for several more years. In the meantime UAS developers need to be aware of the current operational restrictions, as well as make informed decisions on their research and development efforts so that their designs will be airworthy when the regulatory framework is in place. This monograph aims to present an overview of current aviation regulation followed by an investigation of issues and factors that will affect future regulation.

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Author:   Konstantinos Dalamagkidis ,  Kimon P. Valavanis ,  Les A. Piegl
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Volume:   v. 36
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.488kg
ISBN:  

9781402086717

ISBN 10:   1402086717
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   12 December 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9789400724785
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction . 1.1 Motivation and Rationale 1.2 Background Information 1.3 Definitions and Clarifications 1.4 On Regulating Safety 1.5 Book Objectives and Outline References 2 Aviation History and UAS 2.1 Early Designs 2.2 Modern Systems 2.3 Remarks References 3 Current Manned Aviation Regulation 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Airworthiness Certification 3.3 Special Aircraft Categories 3.4 Pilot Certification 3.5 FAR Operation Rules 3.6 Airspace Classes 3.7 Regulation Development Models References 4 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Regulation 4.1 Introduction 4.2 International Civil Aviation Organization 4.3 United States 4.4 Europe 4.5 Australia 4.6 Canada 4.7 Japan 4.8 Military Regulations References 5 UAS Safety Assessment and Functional Requirements 5.1 Equivalent Level of Safety 5.2 Translating an Accident TLS to System Reliability Requirements .. 5.3 Case Studies References 6 Thoughts and Recommendations on a UAS Integration Roadmap ... 6.1 Regulation Development 6.2 Operational Risk Reference System 6.3 UAS Classification 6.3.2 Classification Based on Mid-air Coffision Risk 6.3.3 Classification Based on Autonomy 6.3.4 Other Classifications 6.4 Certification Paths 6.5 Operator Training and Certification 6.6 Technology Issues References 7 Epilogue 7.1 WhyUAS9 7.2 UAS for Military Applications and Related Challenges 7.3 UAS for Civilian Applications: Challenges and Issues 7.4 Challenges, Enabling Technologies 7.5 The Road Ahead References A Ground fatality probabifity model sensitivity analysis A.1 Background A.2 Analysis A.2. 1 Kinetic Energy at Impact Results A.2.2 Parameter a Results A.2.3 Sheltering Factor Results A.3 Discussion References B UAS Reference Index

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