In September, SAE International’s Aerospace Standards team held a workshop focused on Autonomy in Aerospace during the Energy & Mobility Conference and Exposition. The workshop’s leading voices included Mark DeAngelo, Boeing; Julien Farjon, Safran; and Kelley Hashemi, NASA.
Throughout the day-long workshop, each expert lead discussions and debates on sensing and navigation, off-normal conditions and operations, and human roles and responsibilities, considering critical factors in deciding requirements and acceptable levels to measure performance and risk surrounding these topics.
The utilization of autonomy and the challenges of GPS signal degradation as a result of the Urban Canyon Effect were hot topics concerning developing technologies. The workshop emphasized the importance of robust safety operations, and how they will help identify critical off-normal situations and autonomy functions, providing a safer foundation for autonomous technology to operate effectively.
Similarly, the workshop discussed the integral role that autonomy plays—and will play—on existing and future technologies. The advancement of autonomy, however, involves factors beyond just the technological—these incl the consideration of operations, human impact, and the effect of technological advances on a global society.
The industry leaders identified three key areas that will lead to a sustainable growth in autonomous advancement: an increase in safety, risk reduction to humans, and improved performance-based competitiveness within the autonomous industry.
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