The Smart Skies project

Author

Clothier, Reece ; Walker, Rodney ; Baumeister, Richard ; Brünig, Michael ; Roberts, Jonathan ; Duggan, Andrew ; Wilson, Michael

Author_Institution

Australian Res. Centre for Aerosp. Autom., Queensland Univ. of Technol., Eagle Farm, QLD, Australia

Volume

26

Issue

6

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

23

Abstract

The Smart Skies project is an ambitious and world-leading research endeavor exploring the development of key enabling technologies, which support the efficient utilization of airspace by manned and unmanned airspace users. This provides a programmatic description of the research and development of: an automated separation management system; a mobile aircraft tracking system; and aircraft-based sense-and-ad technologies. A summary of the results from a series of real-world flight testing campaigns is also presented.

Keywords

air traffic; aircraft testing; radar tracking; radio tracking; remotely operated vehicles; research and development; Smart Skies project; aircraft-based sense-and-act technology; automated separation management system; manned airspace user; mobile aircraft tracking system; real-world flight testing; research and development; unmanned airspace user; Aircraft navigation; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Radar tracking; Tracking; Unmanned aerial vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2011.5936181

Filename

5936181