Sense and avoid technologies with applications to unmanned aircraft systems: Review and prospects

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-166

  Yu, Xiang ^a   Zhang, Youmin ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Review and prospects; Sense and avoid; Unmanned aircraft systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM; PATH FOLLOWING; RECENT PROGRESS; SAFE OPERATION; SENSE AND AVOID; SENSE-AND-AVOID TECHNOLOGY; SENSING TECHNIQUES; UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84924538101     PISSN: 03760421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2015.01.001     Document Type: Review

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