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Maneuver Prediction and Avoidance Logic For Unmanned Aircraft System Encounters with Non-Cooperative Air Traffic

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-13-C-0376
Agency Tracking Number: N13A-003-0041
Amount: $79,968.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N13A-T003
Solicitation Number: 2013.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-08-15
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-03-15
Small Business Information
4850 Hahns Peak Drive Suite 200
Loveland, CO -
United States
DUNS: 956324362
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Philip Toit
 Principal Investigator
 (970) 461-2000
 philip.dutoit@numerica.us
Business Contact
 Jeff Poore
Title: President
Phone: (970) 461-2000
Email: jeff.poore@numerica.us
Research Institution
 Johns Hopkins University
 Marin K PhD
 
3400 N. Charles St. Suite W-400, Wyman Park Center
Baltimore, MD 21218-
United States

 (410) 516-8668
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

For Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to operate seamlessly in both the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) and abroad, it will be crucial that they possess a sense-and-avoid (SAA) capability that can ensure safe operations among maneuvering, non-cooperative aircraft. Numerica Corporation, in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, proposes to develop a set of algorithms to model the uncertainties associated with maneuvering aircraft, update these representations in real-time using encounter-specific information, and then use them to estimate conflict risk and plan avoidance maneuvers. An important feature of the proposed approach is the development of an avoidance-based measure of conflict risk that is based on the coupling between possible maneuvers of an uncertain intruder and resulting avoidance responses of theownship. This would extend the typical"blunder scenario"measure of risk for the purpose of: (i) reducing the occurrence of unnecessary maneuvers triggered by the SAA system, (ii) understanding the relationship between advanced sensor capabilities and improved safety, and (iii) informing hardware requirements for an SAA system operating in Visual Flight Rules (VFR) type environments.

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