Improving situation awareness for safe and compliant UAV/RPAS operations

无人机系统在空域中的运行和集成需要一个安全管理系统来感知和避免进入的飞机，并消除空中碰撞的机会。Seamatica的阿波罗系统是一个集成的ADS-B（广播式自动相关监视：向/从其他飞机广播/接收地理位置信息的应答器）。目前，阿波罗依靠安装在无人驾驶飞机上的GPS跟踪器将其GPS位置传回阿波罗显示。与自动驾驶仪GCS（地面控制站）的双向通信是理想的，这样它自己的UAV的位置就能被传送到阿波罗，并且当操作员没有对来自阿波罗的NMAC（近空中碰撞）警报做出迅速响应时，阿波罗可以命令GCS启动回避机动。这将消除对 在自己的无人驾驶飞机上安装额外的GPS跟踪器，并在需要时提供直接启动回避机动的能力。在这个项目中，我们建议研究和整合阿波罗系统与我们实验室的Micropilot自动驾驶系统。这将使无人机地面控制系统接收到的无人机信息能够被重新传输到阿波罗系统，以便使用FalconView地图应用程序与来自ADS-B和其他平台识别和跟踪系统的其他输入在动态地图上显示。将实现一个接口，通过自动驾驶仪GCS系统从阿波罗接收更高级别的导航命令，以启动无人机回避策略。此外，被跟踪飞机的地理位置信息将显示在自动驾驶仪地面控制站上，而不是基本上显示在Falconview绘图软件上 成为一个单一的控制站，态势感知直接内置在任何自动驾驶GCS。该项目的主要任务是：1）建立从Micropilot自动驾驶仪到Apollo和Apollo到自动驾驶仪GCS的接口，以便在两个系统之间共享地理位置信息和其他命令; 2）开发自动驾驶仪GCS的驱动程序，以便从Apollo获取ADS-B信息; 4）开发程序，将阿波罗功能纳入Micropilot的自动驾驶仪系统。

Operation and integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems in the airspace requires a safety management system to sense and avoid incoming aircrafts and eliminate chances of mid-air collision. Seamatica's Apollo System is an integrated ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast: A transponder which broadcasts/receives geo-position information to/from other aircraft). Presently, Apollo depends on a GPS tracker installed on the unmanned aircraft to transmit its GPS position back to Apollo for the display. Two-way communications with the autopilot GCS (Ground Control Station) is desired so that its own UAV's position is communicated to Apollo and for Apollo to command the GCS to initiate an avoidance manoeuvre when the operator does not respond promptly to a NMAC (near mid-air collision) alert from Apollo. This will eliminate the need for an additional GPS tracker on the own unmanned aircraft as well as provide direct ability to initiate an avoidance maneuver when required. In this project we propose to research and integrate the Apollo system with the Micropilot autopilot system we have at our laboratory. This will enable the UAV information received by the UAV's GCS to be retransmitted to Apollo System to display on a dynamic map using FalconView Mapping application with other inputs from ADS-B and other platform identification and tracking systems. An interface will be implemented to receive higher level navigation commands by the autopilot GCS system from the Apollo to initiate UAV avoidance strategy. Further the geo-position information of the tracked aircraft is to be displayed on the autopilot ground control station instead of the Falconview Mapping Software essentially becoming a single control station with situational awareness directly built in to any autopilot GCS. The main tasks of the project are: 1) Build the Interface from Micropilot autopilot to Apollo and Apollo to autopilot's GCS so that geo-position information and other commands can be shared among the two systems; 2) Develop Drivers for autopilot's GCS to get ADS-B information from Apollo; 3) Ground and Flight Test the setup; and 4) Develop procedures for the incorporation of Apollo functionalities into Micropilot's autopilot system.