Achieving Nextgen's air traffic management operational improvements

A significant amount of attention has been paid to the functional and ground components in the evolution of the NAS to achieve the Next Generation System (NextGen) but there has been less attention paid to the aircraft equipage side of the equation. This is now changing with the recent establishment of an aircraft working group within the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO). The MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) has been working over the past year to provide input to the FAA and JPDO which will help inform the avionics evolution and provide more insight into the aircraft equipage considerations for evolving to NextGen.     

The Business Case for System-Wide Information Management

In today's National Airspace System (NAS), when an application requires information from another application, a custom application-to-application interface is built. This results in an increasingly complex system, where applications are tightly coupled and expensive to develop and maintain. System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) addresses these shortfalls by implementing a shared infrastructure for managing NAS information. SWIM is based on a service-oriented architecture, a fast growing trend in information technology. It will help the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) meet the information-sharing needs of the Next Generation Air Traffic System (NGATS) and the federal government's E-government Initiative. SWIM will reduce the cost, complexity, and cycle time for building new applications and help the FAA implement SWIM-enabled applications that increase FAA and user productivity.     

民用飞机ETOPS重要系统适航审定研究

延程运行（ETOPS）是国际民航组织为了保证民航飞机安全飞行提出的一项运行要求,被广泛应用于洲际航线,尤其是跨洋飞行。ETOPS型号设计批准的核心是ETOPS重要系统的适航审定。对ETOPS重要系统的审定工作进行研究和讨论,分析ETOPS重要系统相关的适航条款要求,提出ETOPS重要系统确定方法和验证方法,明确有时间限制ETOPS重要系统的审定要求。结果表明：本文所提出的ETOPS重要系统的确定方法和验证方法在工程实践的应用中取得了实质性进展,能够为自主研制大型客机的ETOPS型号设计和适航审查工作提供指导。     

国外舰载固定翼无人机发展趋势

随着战争形态的变化,现代战争逐渐向无人化方向发展,无人机上舰成为一种必然趋势。介绍了国外舰载固定翼无人机的发展现状,梳理了舰载固定翼无人机关键技术并分析了未来舰载固定翼无人机关键技术的发展趋势。随着关键技术的突破,舰载无人机将取代有人舰载机,在未来海洋战场发挥更大的作用。     

集群无人机队形重构及虚拟仿真验证

队形重构是集群无人机（UAV）控制的重要问题，指无人机按照要求安全、无碰撞地从一个队形变换到另一个队形，其难点在于快速规划最优安全轨迹并控制无人机进行轨迹姿态的高精度跟踪。针对集群无人机队形重构的上述问题，首先，基于CAPT（Concurrent Assignment and Planning of Trajectories）算法，解决了多无人机的目标分配和轨迹生成的实时性问题，实现了集群无人机的最优安全路径规划；其次，提出一种有限时间多变量积分滑模连续控制算法，解决了无人机轨迹姿态的高精度跟踪问题，并通过MATLAB仿真验证了该控制算法的有效性；最后，为了更加真实直观地演示无人机三维仿真效果，建立了基于Gazebo-ROS的无人机仿真平台，实现了12架四旋翼无人机队形重构"建模-仿真-可视化"的一体化仿真演示，验证了上述路径规划算法和轨迹姿态控制算法的有效性。     

民机机载系统网络安保适航政策分析

随着信息化、网络化技术的不断发展,机上互连接口的数量和种类越来越多,在带来性能提升的同时也引入了安保风险,给民机安全性带来了挑战。梳理了新一代民机内部网络域、外部网络域的接口类型,总结了国际民航组织、美国联邦航空局、欧洲航空安全局等各机构针对网络安保问题的审定政策,分析机载网络安保相关的工业标准及审定要求,给出了在实际审定中的审定要素和要求。本研究可为我国民机机载系统网络的适航审定提供理论支撑。     

Data-driven reliability analysis of Boeing 787 Dreamliner

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, launched in 2011, was presented as a game changer in air travel. With the aim of producing an efficient, mid-size, wide-body plane, Boeing initiated innovations in product and process design, supply chain operation, and risk management. Nevertheless, there were reliability issues from the start, and the plane was grounded by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2013, due to safety problems associated with Li-ion battery fires. This paper chronicles events associated with the aircraft’s initial reliability challenges. The manufacturing, supply chain, and organizational factors that contributed to these problems are assessed based on FAA data. Recommendations and lessons learned are provided for the benefit of engineers and managers who will be engaged in future complex systems development.     

仅用作航空器追踪的北斗机载设备适航要求分析

北斗卫星导航系统（简称北斗）在民用航空器中安装应用的前提是明确和符合北斗机载设备的适航要求。但由于全球定位系统（GPS）与北斗在星座结构、信号体制及功能上的不同，导致目前国际上全球卫星导航系统（GNSS）相关适航标准不适用于北斗设备。标准的缺失严重制约北斗民航产业发展，急需进行自主研究与制定。针对北斗在民用航空器中应用第一阶段的功能及场景，即仅用作航空器追踪，分析当前可参考标准的适用性，明确适航要求的制订策略及框架，综合考虑适航安全性、民航对北斗机载设备的紧迫需求，未来机载设备的发展方向，以及当前工业水平，提出一套仅用作航空器追踪的北斗机载设备适航要求，形成审定要素及评审要求，可支持工业方对适航标准的理解。     

MAGENTA - assessments of future aircraft noise policy options

MAGENTA is the ‘Model for Assessing Global Exposure to the Noise of Transport Aircraft’ which is under development for use in cost-benefit studies of aircraft noise mitigation measures undertaken by ICAO's Committee on Aviation Environmental Project (CAEP). Essentially the model calculates the numbers of people exposed to significant levels of aircraft noise around the world's jet airports. Designed to handle variables under three strands of a ‘balanced approach’ to noise abatement (at source, by operational means and by land-use controls), its first major application has been to evaluate the benefits of tightening noise certification limits and phasing out noisier aircraft from service. These, and the associated costs, were considered by CAEP in January 2001. This paper reviews briefly the methodology and application of the model together with its future development potential.     

Flight safety measurements of UAVs in congested airspace

Describing spatial safety status is crucial for high-density air traffic involving multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a complex environment. A probabilistic approach is proposed to measure safety situation in congested airspace. The occupancy distribution of the airspace is represented with conflict probability between spatial positions and UAV. The concept of a safety envelope related to flight performance and response time is presented first instead of the conventional fixed-size protected zones around aircraft. Consequently, the conflict probability is performance-dependent, and effects of various UAVs on safety can be distinguished. The uncer-tainty of a UAV future position is explicitly accounted for as Brownian motion. An analytic approximate algorithm for the conflict probability is developed to decrease the computational consumption. The relationship between safety and flight performance are discussed for different response times and prediction intervals. To illustrate the applications of the approach, an experi-ment of three UAVs in formation flight is performed. In addition, an example of trajectory planning is simulated for one UAV flying over airspace where five UAVs exist. The validation of the approach shows its potential in guaranteeing flight safety in highly dynamic environment.     

运输类飞机结构设计安全系数的探讨

中国民用航空规章运输类飞机适航标准25.303要求采用1.5的安全系数,该要求同其他相关适航条款,例如25.307"结构符合性的证明"、25.603"材料"、25.605"制造方法"、25.613"材料的强度性能和材料的设计值"等,共同保证了飞机结构的高可靠性。理论上,当材料、载荷、分析等方面的不确定性降低,采用低于1.5的安全系数可以保证结构具有同等的高可靠性;另一方面,当材料、载荷、分析等方面的不确定性大于目前适航规章所允许的水平,通过采用大于1.5的安全系数也可以保证结构具有等同的高可靠性。为了在民用运输类飞机的适航取证/审定过程中,在保证结构可靠性的前提下,能够根据具体情况适当调整结构安全系数,在综合研究中国民用航空规章第25部《运输类飞机适航标准》相关条款内在联系的基础上,探讨了载荷、材料性能、分析方法等不确定性对飞机结构安全系数的贡献。研究结果表明,目前1.5的飞机结构安全系数,用于考虑载荷、材料性能、分析方法等不确定性的系数分量分别为1.2、1.12、1.116.     

ATM and FIS data link services

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently has under development data link services for Air Traffic Management (ATM), Flight Information Service (FIS), and communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS). These services will be provided over the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN), a worldwide data network intended to provide data communications connectivity among mobile aircraft, airlines, and civil aviation authorities. The ATM and FIS services currently under development are part of an evolutionary process that will begin, for the most part, with duplication of voice services. In the future, services will facilitate a common source of data for pilots, controllers, and flight planners, as well as computer-to-computer communications between ground based and airborne automation systems. These future services will provide benefits such as the use of optimum aircraft tracks and flight profiles     

民机燃油箱防爆闪电防护新适航要求研究

民用飞机燃油箱系统防爆设计是飞机设计的一个重要方面,其中适航对燃油箱系统闪电防护设计要求作为燃油箱防爆设计及验证的一个重要组成部分,历来受到航空工业界及美国联邦航空局(FAA)的普遍关注。通过研究FAA 关于民用飞机燃油箱系统防爆方面闪电防护的最新适航要求,总结了相关条款的变化内容及相应的符合性验证方法,并预判了未来航空工业界由此产生的影响,对民用飞机适航验证有一定借鉴意义。     

Free flight is in the future: large-scale controller pilot data link communications emulation testbed

NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC) is responsible for the Advanced Communications for Air Traffic Management (AC/ATM) Project, a sub-element task of the Advanced Air Transportation Technologies (AATT) Project of the NASA Airspace Systems Program. The AC/ATM Project is developing new communications technologies and tools that will enable Free Flight, an operating mode in which pilots will have the freedom to select their path and speed in real-time. The goal of the AC/ATM Project is to enable a communications infrastructure providing the capacity, efficiency, and flexibility necessary to realize benefits arising from the future mature Free Flight environment. A key infrastructure element is the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in the process of fielding.     

Y7H─500型飞机高速特性适航试飞

根据民用飞机在投入营运之前，要按飞机适航标准进行适航取证试飞的要求，对Ｙ７Ｈ－５００型飞机进行了高速特性适航试飞验证。简要介绍了试验机概况、试飞方法和测试技术；讨论了Ｙ７Ｈ－５００型飞机的高速特性。试验结果表明，Ｙ７Ｈ－５００型飞机的高速特性符合ＣＣＡＲ－２５部要求。     

Unmanned air vehicles are taking off in NATO's priorities

An extraordinary thrust to utilise UAVs is contained in the Defence Capability Initiative launched by the NATO Heads of State and Government at the Washington Summit on 20 April 1999. High priority requirements in this initiative are demanding future capability which may be best met with UAVs. Where are we going in the field of UAVs within NATO? Which potential roles and future requirements UAVs will have to fulfil?     

低空无人机交通管理概览与建议综述

大量无序飞行的低空无人机运行会对地面设施、公共安全、空中载人飞行器等带来危害。然而,目前民航空中交通管理不能适应未来数以百万架的无人机。为了应对该挑战,世界各国针对低空无人机空中交通管理开发了新框架。低空无人机空中交通管理属于近几年出来的新事物。藉此聚焦于低空无人机交通管理,从4个方面进行概览：低空无人机相关的空中交通基本概念及现状、低空无人机交通管理介绍、低空无人机交通管理的关键技术和低空无人机交通管理相关科学问题,以期望对无人机产业健康发展有一定的建议意义。     

Rationale for the development of the UK defence standards forsafety-critical computer software

Changes in the procurement environment and developments in technology that will require the adoption of new development certification procedures within the next few years are examined. Characteristics of safety-critical computer systems and the safety problems posed by digital computers are described. The way in which the changes have influenced the preparation of the new draft defence standards offered for public debate in the UK prior to their formal adoption by the Ministry of Defence is discussed. Principle features of the future safety-critical systems policy are outlined. The use of Ada for safety-critical software is considered     

轻小型太阳能/氢能无人机发展综述

轻小型无人机（UAV）在军民领域都有着广泛的用途，电动无人机由于其振动低、无污染、无排放等优势，已经成为无人机领域的发展热点。为了提高轻小型电动无人机的航时，清洁、高能量密度的太阳能和氢能成为非常可行的技术途径之一。本文总结了轻小型太阳能、氢能无人机的发展历程；梳理了相关的关键技术，并对太阳能、氢能无人机的总体设计方法和能源动力系统的发展进行了较为深入的探讨；最后，展望了该类无人机的发展趋势，并对所面临的挑战进行了预测。     

无人驾驶直升机的技术发展及其关键技术

介绍了无人驾驶直升机的系统组成和技术特点，重点讨论了当前的研究进展和控制技术的发展，分析了发展无人驾驶直升机的关键技术，并对未来无人驾驶直升机的发展方向提出了展望。