Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) integration in the National Airspace System (NAS) project: UAS Control and Non-Payload Communication (CNPC) System Prototype Status

Author

Griner, J.

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

20

Abstract

On Nov 1, 2011, NASA initiated a three-year shared resource cooperative agreement with Rockwell Collins to demonstrate and support the further development of a Unmanned Aircraft CNPC System. Develop both ground and airborne prototype CNPC radios to provide a basis for validating and verifying proposed RTCA SC-203 CNPC system performance requirements. Demonstrate a complete CNPC system, including interfacing to a ground based pilot station, transmission of CNPC data to/from more than one ground station, and onboard reception and transmission of CNPC data on more than one UA.

Keywords

aircraft communication; autonomous aerial vehicles; cooperative communication; resource allocation; telecommunication network reliability; CNPC data transmission; CNPC system prototype status; NAS project; National Airspace System project; RTCA SC-203 CNPC system performance requirement; Rockwell Collins; UAS control; UAS integration; airborne prototype CNPC radio; ground based pilot station; ground prototype CNPC radio; ground station; nonpayload communication system; onboard reception; three-year shared resource cooperative agreement; unmanned aircraft CNPC system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS), 2013

Conference_Location

Herndon, VA

ISSN

2155-4943

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6251-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNSurv.2013.6548625

Filename

6548625