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 ICAS2008-P6.12

DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF AN INTEGRATED SENSOR SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS COLLISION AVOIDANCE

G. Fasano, A. Moccia, D. Accardo*, A. Rispoli*
Univ. of Naples “Federico II”, Italy; *CIRA, Italy

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Collision Avoidance, Sensor Fusion, Flight Demonstration

This paper focuses on requirements, processing algorithms and flight tests for sensor systems aimed at endowing UAVs with Sense&Avoid capabilities. The analysis is carried out on the basis of simulated and real data from the sensors, and pointing out the strong relations with the guidance, navigation and control system.

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