Due to the inherent nature of being highly digitalized,networked and intelligent,Unmanned Aerial System(UAS)operations pose a huge challenge to traditional aviation regulation and technical systems.How to keep safe,ef...Due to the inherent nature of being highly digitalized,networked and intelligent,Unmanned Aerial System(UAS)operations pose a huge challenge to traditional aviation regulation and technical systems.How to keep safe,efficient and integrated operation for different Airspace users has become a pressing issue faced by civil aviation around the world.This paper focuses on the main operational scenarios and characteristics of unmanned aviation development in China.New operational characteristics and associated challenges due to diverse low-altitude users are analyzed,including operation concepts,UAS traffic management,technological test and verification,and standards.Drawing light on the practices in Europe and the United States,this paper summarizes China's practices and progress in low-altitude operations management,and analyzes future technological development needs and trends,as well as feasible implementation pathways and measures based on actual needs.展开更多
Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UASs) have advanced technologically and surged exponentially over recent years. Currently, due to safety concerns, most civil operations of UAS are conducted in low-level uncontrolled area or...Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UASs) have advanced technologically and surged exponentially over recent years. Currently, due to safety concerns, most civil operations of UAS are conducted in low-level uncontrolled area or in segregated controlled airspace. As the industry progresses, both operational and technological capabilities have matured to the point where UASs are expected to gain greater freedom of access to both controlled and uncontrolled airspace. Extensive technical and regulatory surveys have been conducted to enable the expanded operations. However, most surveys are derived from the perspective of UAS own operating mechanism and barely consider interactions of their non-segregated activities with the Air Traffic Management(ATM) system. Hence, to fill the gap, this paper presents a survey conducted from the perspective of Air Navigation Service Provider(ANSP), which serves to accommodate these new entrants to the overall national airspace while continuing flight safety and efficiency. The primary objectives of this paper are to:(A) describe what typical ANSP-supplied UAS Traffic Management(UTM) architecture is required to facilitate all types of civil UAS operations;(B) identify three major ANSP considerations on how UAS can be accommodated safely in civil airspace;(C) outline future directions and challenges related with UAS operations for the ANSP.展开更多
基金This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U1933130)research and demonstration of key technologies for the air-ground collaborative and smart operation of general aviation(No.2022C01055)。
文摘Due to the inherent nature of being highly digitalized,networked and intelligent,Unmanned Aerial System(UAS)operations pose a huge challenge to traditional aviation regulation and technical systems.How to keep safe,efficient and integrated operation for different Airspace users has become a pressing issue faced by civil aviation around the world.This paper focuses on the main operational scenarios and characteristics of unmanned aviation development in China.New operational characteristics and associated challenges due to diverse low-altitude users are analyzed,including operation concepts,UAS traffic management,technological test and verification,and standards.Drawing light on the practices in Europe and the United States,this paper summarizes China's practices and progress in low-altitude operations management,and analyzes future technological development needs and trends,as well as feasible implementation pathways and measures based on actual needs.
基金co-supported by the Outstanding Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61822102)the MIIT Technological Base Program (No. JSZL2016601B003)the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2018YFB0505105)。
文摘Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UASs) have advanced technologically and surged exponentially over recent years. Currently, due to safety concerns, most civil operations of UAS are conducted in low-level uncontrolled area or in segregated controlled airspace. As the industry progresses, both operational and technological capabilities have matured to the point where UASs are expected to gain greater freedom of access to both controlled and uncontrolled airspace. Extensive technical and regulatory surveys have been conducted to enable the expanded operations. However, most surveys are derived from the perspective of UAS own operating mechanism and barely consider interactions of their non-segregated activities with the Air Traffic Management(ATM) system. Hence, to fill the gap, this paper presents a survey conducted from the perspective of Air Navigation Service Provider(ANSP), which serves to accommodate these new entrants to the overall national airspace while continuing flight safety and efficiency. The primary objectives of this paper are to:(A) describe what typical ANSP-supplied UAS Traffic Management(UTM) architecture is required to facilitate all types of civil UAS operations;(B) identify three major ANSP considerations on how UAS can be accommodated safely in civil airspace;(C) outline future directions and challenges related with UAS operations for the ANSP.
