Fiscal Year	2012
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Investigator(s)	Dobrokhodov, Vladimir N. Jones, Kevin D. Kaminer, Isaac I.
Sponsor	National Aeronautics & Space Administration (Other-Fed)
Summary	The objective of the proposed research is twofold. First it aims to develop an air traffic planning, trajectory following and collision-free assurance mechanism for operation of a small unmanned aerial vehicle in a non-positively-controlled airspace. Second, the project will verify the developed algorithms in the actual closed airspace operational environment utilizing a versatile Rapid Flight Control Prototyping system available at Naval Postgraduate School. The two tasks are well-connected through the investigation of human operator workload. The co-PIs at Naval Postgraduate School will be responsible for flight testing of the algorithms, including the issues related to human operator workload. Monthly reports and a final report will be delivered to NASA.
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