Sense and avoid requirements for unmanned aircraft systems using a target level of safety approach

Risk Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1894-1906

  Melnyk, Richard ^a   Schrage, Daniel ^a   Volovoi, Vitali ^b   Jimenez, Hernando ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Event tree; Fatality rate; Midair collision; Sense and avoid (SAA); Target level of safety; Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS;

EVENT TREES; FATALITY RATES; MID-AIR COLLISIONS; SENSE AND AVOID; TARGET LEVELS; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84911984931     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12200     Document Type: Article

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