Understanding The Paradigm and Alternative Approaches

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Understanding The Paradigm and Alternative
Approaches

• CAUAS
• October 3, 2007

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Experimentals
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N207SH
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Aerosonde
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Paradigm

• A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and
  practices that constitutes a way of viewing
  reality for the community that shares them,
  especially in an intellectual discipline.

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Potential USA Civil UAS Operating Environment
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National Airspace SystemInfrastructure
Special Use Airspace
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Air Route Traffic Control Center
Departure Control
Airport Tower
Approach Control
Base OPS Weather Pre-Flight Information
Airport Tower
Civil Airport Local Ground Control
Military Airport Manned and Unmanned Aircraft
Weather Radar
Long Range Surveillance Radar
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Special Use Airspace
Military Operations Area Restricted Area Warning
Area Prohibited Area Alert Area Controlling
Firing area
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Special Use Airspace Flight Tracks
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UAS Challenges

• Pilot/aircraft separation
• Collision avoidance
• Weather avoidance
• ATC Communications
• NAS capacity/efficiency impacts
• Perceptions

Unmanned ? Unsafe
UAS Safe Operation Integration
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Stakeholders

• FAA
• Safety
• Air Traffic
• Other organizations
• Current Users of the NAS
• Air Carriers
• General Aviation Aircraft
• Military/Public Use Aircraft
• Other
• Media
• International Aviation Authorities
• Public

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Political Environment

• gt 650,000 Pilots
• gt 150,000 Registered Owners
• gt 410,000 AOPA Members
• lt 200,000 EAA Members
• gt 2,000 Aircraft Manufacturers
• lt 250 UAS manufacturers worldwide
• lt 1,000 Systems Operating

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Two Perspectives of UAS

• Disruptive Technology
• -or-
• Positive Evolution in Aeronautics

Radar Jet propulsion GPS ?Unmanned flight?
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Global ChallengeUAS Access to Civil Airspace

• Managing Expectations
• Domestic
• International
• Creating an Environment of Trust
• Making Positive Progress
• Making Communications and
• Collaborations Effective
• Outreach to Stakeholders

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Fusing Partnerships for Success
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Civil Aviation Law

• PL 103-272 empowers the FAA to promote safe
  flight of civil aircraft by prescribing minimum
  standards required in the interest of safety for
  appliances and for the design, material,
  construction, quality of work, and performance of
  aircraft, aircraft engines and propellers.
• Airworthiness Standards (Part 21, 23, 25,27, 33,
  etc.)
• Technical Standard Orders

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Alternatives to Current Paradigm

• Use the Power of the Industry
• Bring Technology forward (with Data)
• Provide draft policy and guidance to FAA
• Make recommendations to JPDO
• Press the FAA to certify systems for commercial
  use

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Alternatives (cont)

• Industry get together and fund technology
  development
• Government Agencies fund development
• Government Agencies support FAA

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Summary

• The current paradigm of the FAA includes
  consideration of all the users of the NAS.
• To be successful in integrating UAS into the NAS
  we need to work with and address the concerns of
  all the stakeholders.
• We need to support the FAA in a way that will
  actually help them.