AIAAJFCOM Unmanned Aerospace Vehicle Operations in Civil Airspace Workshop2024 May 2002

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AIAA/JFCOMUnmanned Aerospace Vehicle Operations
in Civil Airspace Workshop20-24 May 2002

• Richard T. Wagaman
• Workshop Chair

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Workshop Process

• Establish Four Panels and Assign Leaders
• Equivalent Level of SafetyLt Col Chuck Riechers,
  OSD
• Conflict AvoidanceJohn Price, AFC/FB
• Global IntegrationFess Parker, FAA/TASC
• Human Integration TELisa Achille, NAVAIR/OSD
• All Day Workshop20 May 2002 (0745-1715)
• Refine and Integrate Results20-24 May 2002
• Report Integrated Results24 May (1230-1300)
• Put Integrated Results Presentations on AIAA
  Web
• Take Results to Europe U.S. Executive Committee

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L Achilles PanelHuman Integration TE Discussion

• All human functions need to be addressed in
  initial TE planning (airspace integration
  included)
• Lost Link procedures differ for military and
  civil/commercial operations
• MilitaryAttempt to Re-establish Link go home
  if you fail
• Civil/CommercialAttempt to establish vehicle
  health, activate back-up links(s), establish
  health and either continue or land at nearest
  approved airfield
• Need to address continuous link versus autonomous
  operations
• Amount of Autonomy Proportional to airspace
  procedures and management span of control
• Operator/Manager Workload and Time at Station
  need to be better understood and monitored

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L Achilles Panel (Cont2)

• Identify limits from Real environment and build
  anticipatory cues to assist human
• Operator/Manager Input needed as part of vehicle
  health monitoring
• ROAs/UAVs flying in formation may increase
  efficiency of human management
• Need to plan tests to address task delegation and
  share authority between humans and computers
• Need to determine Skills/Stds for
  operator/manager
• (Pilot v non-pilot, medical reqs., rest periods,
  etc.)

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L Achilles Panel(Cont3)

• Capitalize on existing standards, terminology and
  metrics (e.g. NATO STANAG on HCI4586)
• Early involvement of operator in design and test
  planning process is essential
• Look at entertainment industry for relevant
  research
• Plan to meet again soon
• ID Safety Issues and their interaction with human
  contribution and establish framework to mitigate
  these issues

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L Achilles PanelKey Points

• Dont Address Human Interfaces in a Vacuum
• (FAA/ICAO/JAA, AUVSI, AIA, ATCA, AOPA, Europe,
  Pac Rim)
• Start early with operationally-oriented human
  integration, testing and evaluation
• Establish ROA/UAV Human Integration Working Group
  that meets 3-6 times per year
• Commence development of human integration
  standards, terminology and certification
  regulations immediately
• Humans still manage autonomous unmanned aircraft!