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	+ Home Search Aviation Systems		UAS in the NAS Flight Test 6 Data Collection Ongoing September 19, 2019 A UAS Pilot monitors and evaluates the traffic situation with the Vigilant Spirit Ground Control station (bottom screen) and executes a maneuver with Piccolo (top screen). NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) project began data collection for Flight Test 6 on August 12, 2019. The Flight Test 6 objectives are to collect surveillance and detect-and-avoid (DAA) data for validating requirements for UAS operations with a low size, weight, and power sensor. Three flight days’ of data have been successfully collected for prescribed encounters between a UAS, NASC’s TigerShark, and an intruder aircraft, represented by a NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center T-34. In some of these encounters, pilots followed and executed the DAA maneuver guidance successfully to avoid conflicts. NASA ATD-2 Supports the Surface Collaborative Decision Making Team (SCT) and Flow Evaluation Team (FET) September 19, 2019 On September 6, 2019, NASA Airspace Technology Demonstration-2 (ATD-2) team members met with the joint Surface Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) Team (SCT) and Flow Evaluation Team (FET) to discuss lessons learned from the initial field test of Phase 3 capability in the North Texas (NTX) Region during Summer 2019. The group also discussed how to extend ATD-2 Phase 3 capability to leverage Trajectory Option Sets (TOS) in conjunction with National Airspace System (NAS)-wide restrictions to increase situational awareness, and account for the impact of NAS-wide constraints, leading to more efficient rerouting of traffic to mitigate flight delay. The inputs from the CDM teams consisted of both Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and flight operator comments, which were useful in identifying improvements for the entire aviation community. The NASA ATD-2 team will consider these inputs in Phase 3 planning activities. A follow-up meeting with the joint group is scheduled for October 2019. + Previous Highlights + Back to Top
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