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Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) Simulation of Drone Delivery Models in 2030 Japan

An unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) system to support flights beyond visual line-of-sight is considered necessary for the promotion of commercial drone use.

The Impact of Human Factors and Maintenance Documentation on Aviation Safety: An Analysis of 15 Years of Accident Data Through the PEAR Framework

Investments in the imaginary: commercial drone speculations and relations

Drones are increasingly understood and imagined as important actors, inhabiting and transforming aerial space. From their entrenched establishment within battlefield operations, drones have spawned into a diverse ecosyst…

Fast Collision Detection for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Urban Airspace

With the dramatic development of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), how to ensure sUAS safety operation has been a growing concern.

Open Skies for Unmanned Aircraft in Europe: An Outlier or a New Approach?

Commission Implementing Regulation 2019/947 and Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/945 contain, inter alia, the detailed rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft.

CORRIDRONE: Corridors for Drones, An Adaptive On-Demand Multi-Lane Design and Testbed

In this article, a novel drone skyway framework called CORRIDRONE is proposed. As the name suggests, this represents virtual air corridors for point-to-point safe passage of multiple drones.

Verbal Reports Influence on Pilot Flight Performance and Mental Stress Under Spatial Disorientation.

BACKGROUND: Circumstances in flight can adversely affect a pilots spatial abilities and lead to spatial disorientation (SD), increasing the potential for fatal accidents.

Empirical study of airport geofencing for unmanned aircraft operation based on flight track distribution

Abstract With the increasing activities of unmanned aircraft (UA) near airports, severe challenges have emerged regarding airport safety management.

A Comparison of Rule-Based and Machine Learning Models for Classification of Human Factors Aviation Safety Event Reports

There is growing interest in the study and practice of applying data science (DS) and machine learning (ML) to automate decision making in safety-critical industries.

A Performance-Based Airspace Model for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management

Recent evolutions of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM) concept are driving the introduction of new airspace structures and classifications, which must be suitable for low-altitude airspace and …

From Classroom to Industry: Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance Decision-Making

The presence of human factors in aviation remains a critical area of research given the safety implications of human error. Understanding what specific factors contribute to human error allows managers and operators to t…

Spatial Disorientation Impact on the Precise Approach in Simulated Flight.

BACKGROUND: The risks posed by flight illusions impacting pilot spatial orientation have been determined as a safety concern from numerous past aviation accident investigations.

Procedures for the Integration of Drones into the Airspace Based on U-Space Services

A safe integration of drones into the airspace is fundamental to unblock the potential of drone applications. U-space is the drone traffic management solution for Europe, intended to handle a large number of drones in th…

Civil unmanned aircraft system operation in national airspace: A survey from Air Navigation Service Provider perspective

Abstract Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) have advanced technologically and surged exponentially over recent years. Currently, due to safety concerns, most civil operations of UAS are conducted in low-level uncontrolled …

Cybersecurity of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

In recent years, UASs have become more and more popular. There are many reasons for this; one of the most popular is the enhancement of drones’ functionalities and improvement in battery life, stabilization, navigation, …

Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System(s) (C-UAS): State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Trends

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or unmanned aerial vehicles, often referred to as drones, have been experiencing healthy growth in the United States and around the world.

Analysis of Human Factors Relationship in Hazardous Chemical Storage Accidents

Human factors are important causes of hazardous chemical storage accidents, and clarifying the relationship between human factors can help to identify the logical chain between unsafe behaviors and influential factors in…

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for Bridge Inspection Safety

Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are an excellent tool to remove bridge inspection workers from potential harm. Previous research has documented that UAS for bridge inspection is a strategic priority of a state’s Departme…

COMPUTED TORQUE CONTROL FOR A SPATIAL DISORIENTATION TRAINER

A development of a robot control system is a highly complex task due to nonlinear dynamic coupling between the robot links. Advanced robot control strategies often entail difficulties in implementation, and prospective b…

A Classification Method for Unrecognized Spatial Disorientation Based on Perceptual Process

Spatial disorientation (SD) is the pilot’s wrong judgment of flight altitude, position, and motion in three-dimensional space during flight.

Transport safety and human factors in the era of automation: What can transport modes learn from each other?

One of the main aims of introducing automation in transport is to improve safety by reducing or eliminating human errors; it is often argued however that this may induce new types of errors.

UAS Conflict Resolution in Continuous Action Space Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

Ensuring safety and providing obstacle conflict alerts to small unmanned aircraft is vital to their integration into civil airspace. There are many techniques for real-time robust drone guidance, but many of them need exp…

Sum-of-Squares Flight Control Synthesis for Deep-Stall Recovery

Certification of inflight loss-of-control recovery is complicated by the highly nonlinear flight dynamics beyond stall. In lieu of extensive Monte Carlo simulations for flight control certification...

U-Space Concept of Operations: A Key Enabler for Opening Airspace to Emerging Low-Altitude Operations

Opening the sky to new classes of airspace user is a political and economic imperative for the European Union. Drone industries have a significant potential for economical growth according to the latest estimations.

Probabilistic Risk-Based Operational Safety Bound for Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management

A novel method to determine probabilistic operational safety bound for rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) traffic management is proposed in this paper. The key idea is to combine a determi...

Using Digital and Physical Simulation to Focus on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Aviation Maintainability

Objective: This research aimed to evaluate the differences in the assessments made by three simulation tools used in a maintainability design office to perform human factor/ergonomics (HFE) analysis: digital human modeli…

Identification, Categorisation and Gaps of Safety Indicators for U-Space

Many civilian applications of commercial unmanned aircraft are being planned to operate in the years ahead. Several countries have developed their own framework to design the operation of unmanned aircraft and the differ…

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) and Manned Traffic near John Wayne Airport (KSNA) Spot Check of the SUAS Facility Map: Towards a New Paradigm for Drone Safety Near Airports

Using data from an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADSB) aggregator, a custom data-mining program was developed to identify all manned aircraft below 500′ AGL within 5 miles of the KSNA airport on six specifi…

Human Factors Analysis of Air Traffic Safety Based on HFACS-BN Model

Air traffic control (ATC) performance is important to ensure flight safety and the sustainability of aviation growth. To better evaluate the performance of ATC, this paper introduces the HFACS-BN model (HFACS: Human fact…

An exploratory study on the effects of human, technical and operating factors on aviation safety

Accident analysis in practice: A review of Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) applications in the peer reviewed academic literature

The Human Factors Analysis & Classification System (HFACS) is arguably the most popular accident analysis method within Human Factors and Ergonomics.

Modeling Human Factors Topics in Aviation Reports

This paper describes the development and new application of a text modeling process for identifying human factors topics, such as fatigue, workload, and distraction in aviation safety reports.

Integrating unmanned aircraft systems into airport operations: From buy-in to public safety

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) is in the middle of its project to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technologies into its regular airport and airfield operations.

Using an Unmanned Aircraft System (Drone) to Conduct a Complex High Altitude Search and Rescue Operation: A Case Study

Unmanned aircraft systems, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles or drones, are becoming increasingly common consumer products; their potential applications to search and rescue operations are becoming ever more apparen…

Human Factors and Analysis of Aviation Education Content of Military Pilots

Aviation education is a complex pedagogical process, which we perceive as a didactic system for the creation of personnel competencies to perform aviation professions.

Human Factors and Analysis of Methods, Forms and Didactic Means of Aviation Education of Military Pilots

The aim of the paper is to examine the methods, forms and didactic means of aviation education of military pilots at the selected institutions from 1973 to the present using the analysis for the quality teaching process …

Challenges in Vehicle Safety and Occupant Protection for Autonomous electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) Vehicles

The burgeoning electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicle industry has generated a significant level of enthusiasm amongst aviation designers, manufacturers and researchers.

Safety and human factors for electronic flight bag usage in general aviation

Paper checklists are being replaced by software on a tablet computer, i.e., an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). We focus on what effects this can have on the human pilot and on safety and security.

Ground impact probability distribution for small unmanned aircraft in ballistic descent

Safety is a key factor in all aviation, and while years of development has made manned aviation relatively safe, the same has yet to happen for unmanned aircraft.

An analysis of human factors in fifty controlled flight into terrain aviation accidents from 2007 to 2017.

INTRODUCTION Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) account for a considerable amount of fatalities when compared to other accident categories. Human factors are deemed significant contributory causes in these accidents.

Flight Tests of Ranges and Latencies of a Threefold Redundant C2 Multi-Link Solution for Small Drones in VLL Airspace

Over the past years the UAV market has grown rapidly and will continue so. Several manufacturer offer UAVs, which differ in their size, equipment or performance.

Evaluation of an Unique Communication Interface System D2X for Uavs Intercommunicating with air and Ground UTM Users

Over the past years the UAV market has grown rapidly and will continue so. In order to design a future airspace management system for unmanned and manned airspace users, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in collaboration…

Editorial: Ergonomics and Human Factors in Aviation

Ergonomics and Human Factors (E/HF) in Aviation is essential for the safety and efficiency of commercial airlines, passenger, cargo and military operations, and for the well-being of their passenge...

Why CRM? Empirical and Theoretical Bases of Human Factors Training

Publisher Summary One of the most striking developments in aviation safety during the past decade has been the overwhelming endorsement and widespread implementation of training programs aimed at increasing the effective…

State of the art of unmanned aircraft transport systems in industry related to risks, vulnerabilities and improvement of safety

This paper discusses state of the art of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), drones (unmanned aerial vehicle -UAV's) and control infrastructure.

Human Factors and Errors in Security Aviation: An Ergonomic Perspective

In a previous study we have identified the incidence of human factors and errors in the security screening process, concerning the Brazilian civil aviation.

Wrist-Worn Electrodermal Activity as a Novel Neurophysiological Biomarker of Autonomic Symptoms in Spatial Disorientation

Background: Spatial disorientation is one of the most frequent causes of aircraft accidents, and is thus a major problem affecting air safety.

A modified accident analysis and investigation model for the general aviation industry: Emphasizing on human and organizational factors.

INTRODUCTION Currently, there is a lack of specific analytical tools for general aviation accidents (GAAs). This has led to loopholes in the prevention of GAAs.

A Hybrid HFACS-BN Model for Analysis of Mongolian Aviation Professionals’ Awareness of Human Factors Related to Aviation Safety

Safety is crucial to ensure the sustainability of aviation growth. To better clarify the influences of human factors on aviation accident risks, this study developed a hybrid HFACS-BN model (HFACS: Human Factors Analysis…

Spatial disorientation cue effects on gaze behaviour in pilots and non-pilots

Spatial disorientation (SD) poses a serious threat to flight safety. A pilot’s gaze behaviour that characterizes his/her visual perception and attention determines success in dealing with this phenomenon.