Patent — available for licensing
Near-Real Time Verification and Validation of Autonomous Flight Operations
A NASA invention available to explore as a licensing opportunity.
About this technology
Overview
Autonomous systems necessitates timely technological audits to evaluate their performance, conformance, and compliance. For the aviation industry, such a need has already been recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the vehicles, sensors, and systems participating in Extensible Traffic Management (xTM) systems. xTM systems include the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Traffic Management (UTM), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and Upper-Class E Traffic Management, and are complementary to the Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. xTM systems enable new entrants such as UAS and AAM vehicles to safely participate in the national airspace. To facilitate timely technological audits of the xTM participants, NASA Ames developed a novel technology that provides near-real-time verification and validation of autonomous flight operations of an individual vehicle or numerous diverse vehicles being managed by the xTM systems.