The concept of integrating unmanned aircraft into a single airspace with manned aircraft

Abstract

Remotely piloted aviation systems are a new component of the aviation system, which, based on the latest developments in the field of aerospace technologies, open up new and expand existing opportunities for civil/commercial applications, increase the level of flight safety and efficiency of all civil aviation. The safe integration of remotely piloted aviation systems into non-segregated airspace is a lengthy process that requires coordinated action by many stakeholders, each of whom brings their own expertise to the process. Until now, the activities of civil aviation have been based on the concept that a pilot controls an aircraft while on board, and most often with passengers. Flying aircraft without a pilot on board raises a number of important technical and operational issues that are currently being actively studied by the aviation community. The most important task is to ensure that the integration of remotely piloted aircraft into non-segregated airspace and their use at airfields in no way leads to an increased risk to the safety of aircraft with a pilot on board. The paper considers decision-making models for the management of manned and unmanned aircraft in a singleairspace, which provides a detailed analysis of the features of human-operator interaction, automated control systems and intelligent algorithms forremotely piloted aircraft systems, limitations caused by flight safety requirements in accordance with ICAO standards and recommended practices,regulatory and legal regulation and high dynamics of air the surroundings. Special attention is paid to methods of situational awareness, conflictforecasting, responsibility allocation between the pilot and automation, as well as adaptive and hybrid decision-making models based on controltheory, probabilistic methods and elements of artificial intelligence. The results of the research can be used in the development of promising air trafficcontrol systems and onboard intelligent systems, the development and updating of new flight rules that ensure the safe and effective integration ofmanned and unmanned aircraft into a single airspace.