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ICAT
MIT International Center for Air Transportation
4 April 2003
y Aerial Surveillance
- Border Patrol
- Homeland Security/ Law Enforcement
- Traffic Monitoring
y Communications Relay
Satellite Relay
Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle
(Direct RF Manned
link limited to Commercial
Satellite LOS)
Uplink Traffic
RF
Transmitter
y Vehicle Airworthiness
y Maintenance
y Culture
- Quality Management Processes
- Incident Reporting
- Accident Investigation
y Liability
MIT Equivalent Level of Safety –
ICAT Probability vs. Consequences
Catastrophic
Accident
Adverse Effect
on Occupants
Airplane
Damage
Emergency
Procedures
Abnormal
Procedures
Nuisance
Normal
Extremely
AC 25.1309-1A Probable Improbable
Improbable
10E-3 Probable
Reasonably
Probable
10E-5
Remote
10E-7 Improbable
Extremely Remote
10E-9
Extremely Extremely
Improbable Improbable
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Probabilities and Consequences
human automation
vehicle flight
experience & controls
training UAV
displays
RF RF structured
goals supervisory feedback controller
controller
payload
commands controls
unstructured
other controller
feedback controls
information
Payload
sensors sensors
displays
ÎDetails of Automation
Notation from Kaliardos, 1999
Block Unknown
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