Airspace Integration of New Entrants and Safety Risk Management Models

<p><br /> In recent years, the demand for airspace access of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) increased significantly and is continuously increasing for different altitude-types UAS. A similar evolution is expected from Commercial Space Operations (CSO) in the next years. These aviation/aerospace systems will need to be seamlessly integrated into the National Airspace System (NAS), at their operational altitude levels, and accounted for from all perspectives, including proactively addressing their safety hazards. This thesis captures the requirements for the new entrants’ integration, and then identifies and analyzes the safety risks added to the NAS operations by its new entrants, the future omnipresent UAS on different NAS levels, and the coming CSO age. Methodologies such as Functional Hazard Analysis, Subsystem and System Hazard Analysis, and Safety Risk Management are explored and integrated into the airspace new entrants’ framework and models. In addition, techniques such as state-machine modeling and simulation are used on an identified use case of UAS operations in crowded airspace.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Systems Engineering

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - Open Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

College of Engineering

Year

2021

Author dc:creator

• Issoufou Anaroua, Fadjimata

• Unmanned Aerial Systems
• airspace
• Commercial Space Operations
• National Airspace System
• Aerospace Engineering
• Aviation
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Systems Science

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.erau.edu/edt/630

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.erau.edu:edt-1648