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Scenario-Based Strategic Planning For Future Civil Vertical Take-Off And Landing (Vtol) Transport, WooJin Choi, Steven Hampton 2020 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Scenario-Based Strategic Planning For Future Civil Vertical Take-Off And Landing (Vtol) Transport, Woojin Choi, Steven Hampton

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Rapid evolvement of the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology in conjunction with recent robust R&D has demonstrated the technical feasibility of the civil VTOL system as a short-haul mass transit mode. Its combined benefits of a helicopter and a turboprop into one aircraft is expected to become an effective remedy for congested air traffic and difficulties with airport expansions in the metropolitan areas along with the potential benefit to improve accessibility to population centers and remote areas where conventional aircraft cannot access.

In this study, based on a the Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal (PESTEL) factors and …


Public Acceptance Of Ai Technology In Self-Flying Aircraft, Sarah M. Talley 2020 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Public Acceptance Of Ai Technology In Self-Flying Aircraft, Sarah M. Talley

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

The research article includes a literature dissection on the topics of public acceptance of automated vehicles, including self-driving cars and unmanned aerial vehicles. Information reviewed will be applied to the potential future application of self-flying aircraft. The use of the Technology Acceptance Model is reviewed for application of public acceptance studies. Contributing factors commonly observed include perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, perceived risk and environmental benefits. Additionally, trust in automated technology for decision-making is reviewed. Research is based on existing studies of public acceptance in similar technologies and is applied to the likely public acceptance of self-flying aircraft.


Communication Status Of Aircraft And Near Midair Collision Occurrences, H. E. McNevin 2020 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Communication Status Of Aircraft And Near Midair Collision Occurrences, H. E. Mcnevin

Graduate Student Works

The purpose of this research is to examine instances of near mid-air collision (NMAC) in order to determine if the number of instances of traffic conflictions resulting in near mid-air collision situations while in contact with air traffic control is rising over the last decade. Midair collision and near midair collision situations between aircraft operating while at least one is talking to air traffic control (ATC) present a hazard to safety and with the potential for a deadly encounter that results in loss of life and damage to property. Situations such as this in the National Airspace System (NAS) involve …


Alaska Part 135 Operations: The Need For Additional Regulatory Oversight And Continuous Aircraft Tracking, April A. Larsen 2020 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Alaska Part 135 Operations: The Need For Additional Regulatory Oversight And Continuous Aircraft Tracking, April A. Larsen

Student Works

With a focus on Alaska, this research illustrates the lack of regulatory oversight pertaining to Title 14 CFR Part 135 operators, including SMS, training, and equipment requirements. As of January 2020, under the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen initiative, all aircraft flying in controlled airspace are required to have an Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS– B) system installed and operational. Many Alaskan operators fly in hazardous terrain, and marginal weather, with little to no communication, yet ADS-B is not a requirement as they are in uncontrolled airspace. Alaska also lacks vital aviation infrastructure including adequate instrument approach procedures, weather monitoring …


Local Government Policy And Planning For Unmanned Aerial Systems, Tyler Spence, Francesca Favaro, Kally Yeung 2020 San Jose State University

Local Government Policy And Planning For Unmanned Aerial Systems, Tyler Spence, Francesca Favaro, Kally Yeung

Mineta Transportation Institute

This research identifies key state and local government stakeholders in California for drone policy creation and implementation, and describes their perceptions and understanding of drone policy. The investigation assessed stakeholders’ positions, interests, and influence on issues, with the goal of providing potential policy input to achieve successful drone integration in urban environments and within the national airspace of the United States. The research examined regulatory priorities through the use of a two-tiered Stakeholder Analysis Process. The first tier consisted of a detailed survey sent out to over 450 local agencies and jurisdictions in California. The second tier consisted of an …


Space And Defense – Volume Eleven – Number One – Spring 2019, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Eleven – Number One – Spring 2019, Space And Defense Journal

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Space And Defense – Volume Nine – Number One – Spring 2016, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Nine – Number One – Spring 2016, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense – Volume Eight – Number One – Spring 2015, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Eight – Number One – Spring 2015, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense – Volume Seven – Number One – Winter 2014, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Seven – Number One – Winter 2014, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense – Volume Six – Number One – Fall 2012, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Six – Number One – Fall 2012, Space And Defense Journal

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Space And Defense – Volume Five – Number One – Summer 2011, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Five – Number One – Summer 2011, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number Two – Summer 2010, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number Two – Summer 2010, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number One – Winter 2010, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Four – Number One – Winter 2010, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number Two – Fall 2009, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number Two – Fall 2009, Space And Defense Journal

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Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number One – Summer 2009, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Three – Number One – Summer 2009, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

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Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Three – Winter 2009, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Three – Winter 2009, Space And Defense Journal

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Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Two – Winter 2008, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number Two – Winter 2008, Space And Defense Journal

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Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number One – Winter 2008, Space and Defense Journal 2020 University of Nebraska at Omaha

Space And Defense – Volume Two – Number One – Winter 2008, Space And Defense Journal

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Sortie-Based Aircraft Component Demand Rate To Predict Requirements, Thomas R. O'Neal 2020 Air Force Institute of Technology

Sortie-Based Aircraft Component Demand Rate To Predict Requirements, Thomas R. O'Neal

Theses and Dissertations

Weapon System Sustainment (WSS) costs are growing at an increasing rate despite the vast efforts to reduce them. Researchers have attributed much of the cost increase to inaccurate demand forecasts for weapon system spare parts. In 2011, the forecast to sustain all United States Air Force (USAF) aircraft was 19% accurate and WSS costs per year have continuously increased. The purpose of this study is to explore a parsimonious change to aircraft component forecasting to reduce costly forecast error. This study substitutes flying hours with sorties for the purpose of demand forecasting. Many F-16 and B-52 spare parts are evaluated …


Mc80: Quantifying Effect Of Fleet Health On Sortie Execution In F-16 Fleet, Kyle R. Gladney 2020 Air Force Institute of Technology

Mc80: Quantifying Effect Of Fleet Health On Sortie Execution In F-16 Fleet, Kyle R. Gladney

Theses and Dissertations

By order of the Secretary of Defense, all of the US Air Force's F-16 units were tasked to improve their fleet health to a Mission Capability (MC) rate of 80 percent, as part of a Department of Defense-wide push to make its Critical Aviation Platforms, and the units that employ them, more ready and lethal. This study uses historical fleet health and sortie execution data captured from LIMS-EV (Weapon System Viewer, 2020) to create a multiple regression model that quantifies the value of increased fleet health, defined as either MC rate or Aircraft Availability (AA) rate, in terms of increasing …


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