Due Regard Encounter Model Version 1.0

Airspace encounter models describe encounter situations that may occur between aircraft in the airspace and are a critical component of safety assessment of sense and avoid (SAA) systems for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs). Some UAS will fly in international airspace under due regard and may encounter other aircraft during these operations. In these types of encounters, the intruder aircraft is likely receiving air traffic control (ATC) services, but the UAS is not. Thus, there is a need for a due regard encounter model that can be used to generate these types of encounters. This report describes the development of a due regard encounter model. In order to build the model, Lincoln Laboratory collected data for aircraft flying in international airspace using the Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS) data feed that was provided by the Volpe Center. Lincoln processed these data, and extracted important features to construct the model. The model is based on Bayesian networks that represent the probabilistic relationship between variables that describe how aircraft behave. The model is used to construct random aircraft trajectories that are statistically similar to those observed in the airspace. A large collection of encounters generated from an airspace encounter model can be used to evaluate the performance of a SAA system against encounter situations representative of those expected to actually occur in the airspace.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ll.mit.edu/sites/default/files/publication/doc/2018-12/Griffith_2013_RP-4327_WW-27478.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Linclon Laboratory, 244 Wood Street
  Lexington, MA  United States  02420-9180

  Naval Air Systems Command

  PMS-262/AIR-4.1.1.5
  Patuxent River, MD  United States  20670
• Authors:
  • Griffith, J D
  • Edwards, M W M
  • Weinert, A J
  • Miraflor, R M C
• Publication Date: 2013-8-19

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Project Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 59p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Aircraft separation; Airspace (Aeronautics); Aviation safety; Crash avoidance systems; Drones; Vehicle trajectories
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01516477
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ATC-397
• Contract Numbers: FA8721-05-C-0002
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM