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- Manned aviation regulations: Introduction to the FAA regulation; airworthiness certification; basic operating rules; airspace classes; pilot certification
- History and current status of UAS regulation in the US: From military to public/civil UAS; FAA involvement; current certification paths
- International regulatory efforts: European Union; Canada; Australia; South Africa; preparing for civil UAS operations
- Future prospects: UAS classification for regulatory purposes; adaptation of current regulation; technology and testing; operator training; certification paths
- UAS Reliability requirements: Target level of safety based on manned aviation safety record; risk evaluation of UAS accidents; deriving reliability requirements
- See and Avoid Technology
Part of the book series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering (ISCA, volume 36)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Commercial interest for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has seen a steady increase over the last decade. Nevertheless, UAS operations have remained almost exclusively military. This is mainly due to the lack of a regulatory framework that allows only limited public and civil UAS operations with usually crippling restrictions. Although efforts from the Federal Aviation Administration and its partners are already underway to integrate UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS), the appropriate regulation will not be ready for several more years. In the meantime UAS developers need to be aware of the current operational restrictions, as well as make informed decisions on their research and development efforts so that their designs will be airworthy when the regulatory framework is in place.
This monograph aims to present an overview of current aviation regulation followed by an investigation of issues and factors that will affect future regulation.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Konstantinos Dalamagkidis, Les. A. Piegl
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, USA
Kimon P. Valavanis
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: On Integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace System
Book Subtitle: Issues, Challenges, Operational Restrictions, Certification, and Recommendations
Editors: Konstantinos Dalamagkidis, Kimon P. Valavanis, Les. A. Piegl
Series Title: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8672-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8672-4Published: 14 November 2008
Series ISSN: 2213-8986
Series E-ISSN: 2213-8994
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 200
Topics: Automotive Engineering, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Artificial Intelligence