24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-8.4.1 (I.L.)

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN AIRBORNE SEPARATION ASSURANCE SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS

R. Barhydt, M. T. Palmer, T. M. Eischeid*
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, USA; *Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Hampton, VA 23681, USA

Keywords: alerting, automation, cockpit traffic displays, intent, separation assurance

NASA Langley Research Center is developing an Autonomous Operations Planner (AOP) that functions as an Airborne Separation Assurance System for autonomous flight operations. AOP is designed to facilitate eventual implementation through careful modeling of its operational environment, interfaces with other aircraft systems and data links, and conformance with established flight deck conventions and human factors guidelines.

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