Safety Analysis For Evaluating (SAFE) sUAS

(Phase I: Jun 2016 - Dec 2016, Phase II: Jun 2017 - May 2019)

Introduction

• No standard safety tool for sUASs exists today

• Safety procedures for sUAS will require ability to simulate sUAS trajectories with high level of precision

• SAFE sUAS Approach

  • Develop high fidelity sUAS trajectory model (sUTG by IAI) informed by high fidelity simulations and flight test for variety of sUASs

  • Use these models as inputs to existing UAS safety models

sUAS Trajectory Generator (sUTG) Overview

• UAS Flight Demand

  • Flight plan-like information for each sUAS flight

  • Sample flight plans were developed for this briefing

• Rotorcraft Performance Database (RPD) <= Our Part

  • Aircraft performance under different mission segment and altitude combinations

• sUAS Trajectory Generator (sUTG)

  • 3 DOF trajectory model that computes flight trajectories at 500 millisecond interval

Principle Investigator

• Chiyu Zhang

Sponsors

• NASA SBIR Contract Number: NNX16CL88P

• Cooperate with Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI)