Exploring Opportunities for an Evolutionary Integration of Level 3 UAV Situation Awareness Support into ATC/C2 systems

To explore the question whether a promising concept that supports a UAV operator in separating the UAV from other traffic, also has potential benefits for Air Traffic Control, an identification and analysis of possibilities to add the conflict probing function to an existing Air Traffic Control system, the Multi-Aegis Site Emulator, was performed. The surveillance sensor type was a decisive aspect in this conversion, due to stringent requirements on position and velocity accuracy for effective conflict probing. Based on the results it was concluded that, within certain constraints, the envisioned implementation was technically feasible. For the implementation, a system-independent platform is designed with connectivity and data presentation designed independently from MASE. The proposed system architecture comprises a separate, stand-alone computer which captures the ATC display and uses a video overlay to add the conflict probes. To compute the location of the conflict areas, a real-time feed of track information is required, which was available in Eurocontrol´s ASTERIX standard at the Royal Netherlands Air Force Air Operations Control Station Nieuw Milligen. Integration and testing with a recorded and a live air picture on the MASE were successfully performed, which led to Technology Readiness Level 6.

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unmanned aerial vehicle
uav airspace integration
airspace integration
conflict probing
air traffic control

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