Challenges in Autonomy: The Quest for Full Autonomy in Unmanned Flight and the Integration of Unmanned Systems into the NAS

摘要

Explosive growth and an expanding range of applications for employing unmanned/autonomous systems, coupled with a disparate and growing list of users of autonomous systems, will continue to challenge the ability to implement a coherent and unified approach in the development, transition, and effective integration of cutting-edge autonomous systems technology safely into the National Airspace System (NAS). The autonomy challenge in the operation and integration of unmanned systems within the NAS is composed of numerous non-trivial activities.