ISIS+: A Software-in-the-Loop Unmanned Aircraft System Simulator for Nonsegregated Airspace

Unmanned aircraft systems are currently being used primarily for military applications, but with the evolution of avionics technology, a huge market in civil applications is emerging. However, most civil applications require unmanned aircraft systems to access nonsegregated airspace. Current use limitations of nonsegregated airspace make it extremely difficult to extensively evaluate operational concepts and mission profiles. Using real flights to test the complete unmanned aircraft system mission infrastructure involves costs and risks. Therefore, simulators must be used prior to real flight campaigns to test and validate unmanned aircraft system components, and they must take into account all the actors involved in the nonsegregated airspace. This paper describes the development of a software-in-the-loop simulator called ISIS+ to evaluate the automated operations of unmanned aircraft systems in nonsegregated airspace and to test new software components of the unmanned aircraft systems with other avionic...

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