UND to host flight test for UAS sense-and-avoid technology
Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
9-4-2012
Campus Unit
John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
Abstract
Save the date: Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012
Who: University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University, NASA-Langley, MITRE Corp.
What: Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) flight test demo of an automatic sense-and-avoid capability
When/where: Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Grand Forks International Airport for a demonstration of on-board technologies.
Background: These technologies are designed to help integrate remotely piloted aircraft into the national air transportation system. The research flight test will feature a specially equipped NASA Langley Research Center Cirrus SR-22 that will serve as a surrogate UAS. The surrogate UAS will automatically maneuver using Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) data and software algorithms developed by The MITRE Corporation and UND.
A UND Cessna 172 will act as an intruder aircraft.
Recommended Citation
Juan Miguel Pedraza. "UND to host flight test for UAS sense-and-avoid technology" (2012). UND News Archive. 318.
https://commons.und.edu/news-archive/318