Requirements, issues, and challenges for sense and avoid in unmanned aircraft systems

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-687

  Prats, Xavier ^a,b   Delgado, Luis ^a,b   Ramírez, Jorge ^a,b   Royo, Pablo ^a,c   Pastor, Enric ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Telecommunication and Aerospace Engineering   (Spain)

^c Office C4 010   (Spain)

^d Office C3 119 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; SENSE AND AVOID SYSTEMS; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM; UNMANNED AIRCRAFTS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84862600387     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.C031606     Document Type: Review

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