26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-8.1.1

REAL TIME SIMULATION OF INTEGRATION OF UAV'S INTO AIRSPACE

D -R. Schmitt, S. Kaltenhäuser, B. Keck
DLR, Germany

Keywords: UAV, Air Traffic Management, Work Load, Simulation, Real Time

Simulations for the integration of UAVs into non-segregrated airspace were performed with air traffic controllers and UAV pilots. The workload for the controllers increased slightly in the beginning, however, it could be demonstrated, that UAVs can be integraded into airspace if they operate according the rules for manned aircraft.

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