Team Drone

 Author: Dr. Michael Zimmer ________________________ As Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) evolve, organizations and manufactures are faced with changing safety requirements. Operating an UAS is complex as no physical pilot is in the cockpit, operating systems differ from conventional aircrafts, avionics require extensive software updates. When performing risk management, a healthy mindset is essential. Risk management is a decision-making process that is dependent on situation awareness, problem recognition, and sound judgement. Furthermore, when exploring risk management four hazard steps need to be considered: Recognizing, analyzing, eliminating, and strategizing (Aviation Safety Students, 2016)). Within this paper, the researcher will examine operational risk management (ORM) while using a DJI Mavic Mini as an example when developing a basic preliminary hazard list (PHL), preliminary hazard analysis, operational hazard review and analysis (OHRA), and ORM assessment to assess the sa...

 Author: Dr. Michael Zimmer ________________________ Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) hold the use case of aiding defense, emergency, exploratory, and commercial application. Unfortunately, monitoring UAS with National Airspace System (NAS) is difficult. Furthermore, clarification and guidance of routine monitoring of UAS within all airspace classes is needed. As agencies recognize UAS detect, sense, and avoid shortfalls, regulation to manage the command and control infrastructure of UAS is gaining attention through FAA and NASA NextGen project. To overcome UAS challenge, FAA and NASA is partnering with the UAS community on methodological, functional, and public awareness barriers. Within this paper, the researcher will discuss FAA and NASA future NAS within the context of NextGen and UAS Traffic Management (UTM) obstacles.  UAS Detect, Sense, and Avoid in Uncontrolled Airspace NextGen and UTM is hoping to provide a more balanced ATMS which all type of aircrafts can operate the...

Author: Dr. Michael Zimmer _______________________ Tactics of human factors are design to lessen safety obstacles to may affect human performance. Leveraging tools to measure processes will have a positive effect in reducing errors. In addition, regulatory bodies leverage tools lessen possible adverse effects for error. As human factors are not a sole responsibility, municipal and federal regulatory tactics are desired for a logical approach to police safety concerns. Within the last decade, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have grown in popularity as an increase of UASs will be operational. While UAS usage is set to increase, UAS human factors require the implementation of policy. Within this paper, the researcher will discuss UAS human factors in the context of three growing risks to UAS operation and recommended measures to deduce risk.  Transfer of PIC Compared to conventional aircrafts, UAS operate and are flown in longer deration. While, UAS pilots are not present in aircraft ...