Operational Testing of Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management in Disaster Response

In October 2018, a flight test, which occurred as part of a large-scale disaster drill in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, successfully demonstrated that the Integrated Aircraft Operation System for Disaster Relief (D-NET) and Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) can contribute to the safe and efficient use of airspace by both manned and unmanned aircraft. This paper presents the technical challenges of operating unmanned aircraft in disaster relief as well as traffic management integration and the technical solutions developed to address these challenges. The scenarios used to test the integration of both systems in a real-world context, together with flight tests results and analysis, are also shown. The flight tests successfully demonstrated the application of unmanned aircraft to disaster response and showed they can safely cooperate with manned aircraft to improve response efficiency.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.2514/1.D0245
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2021 by Adriana Andreeva-Mori, Daisuke Kubo, Keiji Kobayashi, Yoshinori Okuno, Jeffrey Homola, Marcus Johnson, and Parimal Kopardekar. Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., with permission. All requests for copying and permission to reprint should be submitted to CCC at www.copyright.com; employ the eISSN 2380-9450 to initiate your request. See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp.
• Authors:
  • Andreeva-Mori, Adriana
  • Kubo, Daisuke
  • Kobayashi, Keiji
  • Okuno, Yoshinori
  • Homola, Jeffrey
  • Johnson, Marcus
  • Kopardekar, Parimal
• Publication Date: 2021

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 160-170
• Serial:
  • Journal of Air Transportation
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • EISSN: 2380-9450
  • Serial URL: https://arc.aiaa.org/journal/jat

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Demonstration projects; Disasters and emergency operations; Flight tests; Unmanned aircraft systems
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01780040
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2021 2:54PM