What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using absolutely no jargon.
1. Realize a large-scale (1000’s) lane-based UAS traffic management system that provides: (1) Strategic deconfliction, (2) localized contingency handling, (3) anomalous flight detection, (4) dynamic lane creation and lane warping, and (5) traffic management policy calibration (e.g., UAS speeds, safety headway, etc.).
2. Develop autonomous UAS agents.
How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice?
1. There is an ad hoc approach to strategic deconfliction, and flights are allowed to design their own 3D trajectories. No traffic management system is in common (if any!) use.
2. Autonomous UAS are not adequately robust or reliable.
What is new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful?
1. The lane-based approach has been demonstrated both in simulation, and we are now performing calibration experiments with UAS in the field.
This work has been supported by both the Utah Dept of Transportation as well as the US Air Force.
Who cares? If you are successful, what difference will it make?
This will allow large-scale UAS deployment for package delivery, inspection, medical supply delivery, postal service, etc. This would have large economic and social impact.