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Integrating UAS into Next-Generation Systems

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) could one day conduct a wide range of civilian and commercial tasks, but currently can only operate on a restricted basis in civil airspace. The MITRE Corporation is helping unmanned aircraft operate safely in the national airspace by integrating them into the FAA's air traffic control system.

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    00:00:03 [Music] news clips of unmanned aircraft used in overseas conflicts and right here on the US border have brought the capabilities of unmanned aircraft systems or uas to the Public's attention uas are not limited to just military roles ranging in size from small hand launched aircraft to aircraft that are as big as a jetliner and with

    00:00:29 the ability to stay air born for days unmanned aircraft could fulfill a wide range of Civilian and Commercial tasks from monitoring oil pipelines in the Alaskan Wilderness to checking farmlands for crop blight to monitoring traffic to supporting law enforcement uas could provide tireless surveillance of remote regions or right next door at a moment's

    00:00:54 notice currently unmanned aircraft can only operate on a very restricted basis in civil airspace and only after extensive coordination with the FAA and Commercial uas operations are not permitted at all in the United States one of the reasons for these strict limitations is the lack of integration between unmanned aircraft systems and current air traffic control

    00:01:20 systems without which unmanned vehicles cannot safely or efficiently share the same airspace as manned aircraft miter is leading several research efforts to allow for the safe and efficient operation of uas in the National airspace one such effort is the integration of uas into the automation system of faa's Next Generation air transportation system or

    00:01:47 NextGen the goal of this project is to investigate how NextGen automated Air Traffic Control Systems envisioned for 2018 and Beyond can access and Leverage The Unique data assoc assciated with unmanned flights in order to provide a robust integration solution unmanned aircraft are often controlled and monitored by pilots located in ground control stations to

    00:02:14 explore how to more effectively share information between these Ground Control stations and the air traffic control system miter is developing an experimentation platform to model various methods of data communication between the two using the experimentation platform miter will research possible standardized data links that will permit uas Ground

    00:02:38 Control stations to share realtime flight and Mission data with the air traffic control systems while also providing a two-way communication link between the air traffic controller and the unmanned aircraft pilot by determining how to integrate uas flight data into automated Air Traffic Control Systems miter can help the FAA increase the safety utility and

    00:03:05 expand uas operations in the National [Music] [Applause] [Music] airspace