NASA LogoNTRSNTRS - NASA Technical Reports ServerSearchmore_vertCollectionsAboutNewsHelpLogin Back to ResultsUnmanned Aircraft Systems Minimum Operations Performance Standards End-to-End Verification and Validation (E2-V2) SimulationAs Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) make their way to mainstream aviation operations within the National Airspace System (NAS), research efforts are underway to develop a safe and effective environment for their integration into the NAS. Detect and Avoid (DAA) systems are required to account for the lack of "eyes in the sky" due to having no human on-board the aircraft. The current NAS relies on pilot's vigilance and judgement to remain Well Clear (CFR 14 91.113) of other aircraft. RTCA SC-228 has defined DAA Well Clear (DAAWC) to provide a quantified Well Clear volume to allow systems to be designed and measured against. Extended research efforts have been conducted to understand and quantify system requirements needed to support a UAS pilot's ability to remain well clear of other aircraft. The efforts have included developing and testing sensor, algorithm, alerting, and display requirements. More recently, sensor uncertainty and uncertainty mitigation strategies have been evaluated. This paper discusses results and lessons learned from an End-to-End Verification and Validation (E2-V2) simulation study of a DAA system representative of RTCA SC-228's proposed Phase I DAA Minimum Operational Performance Standards (MOPS). NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) was called upon to develop a system that evaluates a specific set of encounters, in a variety of geometries, with end-to-end DAA functionality including the use of sensor and tracker models, a sensor uncertainty mitigation model, DAA algorithmic guidance in both vertical and horizontal maneuvering, and a pilot model which maneuvers the ownship aircraft to remain well clear from intruder aircraft, having received collective input from the previous modules of the system. LaRC developed a functioning batch simulation and added a sensor/tracker model from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center, an in-house developed sensor uncertainty mitigation strategy, and implemented a pilot model similar to one from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL). The resulting simulation provides the following key parameters, among others, to evaluate the effectiveness of the MOPS DAA system: severity of loss of well clear (SLoWC), alert scoring, and number of increasing alerts (alert jitter). The technique, results, and lessons learned from a detailed examination of DAA system performance over specific test vectors and encounter cases during the simulation experiment will be presented in this paper.Document ID20170004506Acquisition SourceLangley Research CenterDocument TypeTechnical Memorandum (TM)AuthorsGhatas, Rania W.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Jack, Devin P.*(Adaptive Aerospace Group, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)*Tsakpinis, Dimitrios*(Science Applications International Corp. Hampton, VA, United States)*Vincent, Michael J.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Sturdy, James L.*(Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)*Munoz, Cesar A.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Hoffler, Keith D.*(Adaptive Aerospace Group, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)*Dutle, Aaron M.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Myer, Robert R.*(Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)*Dehaven, Anna M.*(Craig Technologies, Inc. Hampton, VA, United States)*Lewis, Elliot T.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Arthur, Keith E.*(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)*Date AcquiredMay 9, 2017Publication DateApril 1, 2017Subject CategoryAeronautics (General)Report/Patent NumberNF1676L-26279NASA/TM-2017-219598L-20780Funding Number(s)WBS: WBS 357672.04.01.07.04Distribution LimitsPublicCopyrightPublic Use Permitted.Available DownloadsNameType20170004506.pdfSTIcloud_downloadcontent_copyvisibilityRelated RecordsThere are no records associated with this record.visibility_offNo Preview Available
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