Sense and Avoid Modeling and Simulation, focusing on Airspace Encounter Models

Synopsis For more than two decades, MIT Lincoln Laboratory has been developing, extending, and maintaining fast-time simulations and models for existing and new airspace users Focus on collision avoidance and detect/sense and avoid development and evaluation Includes encounter models, traffic density models, sensor models, and pilot response models Recent work has focused on extending encounter models to newer operations, such as smaller UAS and urban air mobility (UAM), and the terminal environment Extensions have been coordinated with and follows standardization activities (mainly RTCA), and technology development: e.g., FAA, DoD, NASA Several models and simulations have been open-sourced, with a fairly permissive license, that can serve as the basis for NATO-wide capabilities Outline Monte Carlo risk assessments Encounter model development process Open source capabilities (simulation and encounter model/generation) Current research developments Considerations and capability for NATO-wide capability