On integrating unmanned aircraft systems into thenational airspace system: issues, challenges, operational restrictions, certification, and recommendations

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 frameworkthat allows only limited public and civil UAS operations with usually crippling restrictions. Although efforts from the Federal Aviation Administration andits 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 operationalrestrictions, 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. 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; SouthAfrica; preparing for civil UAS operations INDICE: 1 Introduction. 2 Aviation History and UAS. 3 Current Manned Aviation Regulation. 4 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Regulation. 5 UAS Safety Assessment and Functional Requirements. 6 Thoughts and Recommendations on a UAS Integration Roadmap. 7 Epilogue. A. Ground fatality probability model sensitivity analysis. A.1 Background. A.2 Analysis. A.3 Discussion. References. B. UAS Reference. Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8671-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés