Sense and avoid technology for Global Hawk and Predator UAVs

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5783, Issue PART II, 2005, Pages 684-692

  McCalmont, John F ^a   Utt, James ^b   Deschenes, Michael ^b   Taylor, Michael J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Defense Research Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance; Federal Aviation Administration; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC.(DRA) (CO); FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; INFRARED BAND; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES;

ALGORITHMS; CIVIL DEFENSE; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; TARGETS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

MILITARY AVIATION;

EID: 26444530042     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.603152     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. Global Hawk ORD CAF 353-92-I/II-C Basic Systems for the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (ROA) System, Air Force Command and Control & Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center, (September 02)
2. RQ-1 Predator ORD # CAF 003-90-I-A, 24 June 1997
3. MQ-9 Capability Development Document (Draft), 30 Sep 2003
4. FAA Order 7610.4J: Special Military Operations, Change 2 (Effective July 12, 2001)
5. McCalmont, J., Utt, J. and Deschenes, M., Detect And Avoid Technology Demonstration, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/SNJT), Wright Patterson AFB, OH, and Defense Research Associates, Inc., Beavercreek, OH (2002)
6. Bryner, M., McCalmont, J., Utt J., "Global Hawk Definition of Equivalent Level of Safety Requirements See and Avoid (SAA)," Proceedings of the 2003 UAV Technical Analysis and Applications Conference
7. Air Force Instruction 11-202, Vol. 3, General Flight Rules, (June 98)