Technology of an Unmanned Aircraft Control in Conflict Situations

Abstract

Introduction. The motion control of traditional manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has many distinctions that directly affect the process of conflict resolution. The problem of resolving conflict situations involving different types of aircraft is relevant due to the rapid development of unmanned aircraft and the expansion of its application areas. Purpose. The aim of the paper is to develop a technology for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle in conflict situations, which will allow optimizing the maneuver trajectory based on a number of criteria and ensure safe separation of aircraft in airspace. Results. The paper proposes a technology for UAV control in the conditions of a conflict: a number of approaches to resolving conflict situations between different types of aircraft are identified; the concept of conflict situations for UAVs and traditional manned aircrafts is presented, on the basis of which a technology is developed that combines different approaches to detecting a conflict, classifying the occurrence of a conflict, classifying an evasive maneuver, and ensuring the safe separation of the controlled UAV from different types of aircraft in airspace. Conclusions. Based on the analysis results of the current state of UAV control in the conditions of a conflict problem, it is determined that such tasks are already being solved, but it is advisable to analyze the possibility of further providing additional protection for the controlled UAV and optimizing its trajectory to ensure the least spatial and time losses during the flight. Conflict situations are a violation of the norms of maintaining a safe distance in space and lead to a collision of aircraft in the absence of appropriate actions to resolve such violations. Therefore, for the effective resolution of the conflict situations, the classifications of the degree of threat, classification of evasive maneuvers and ensuring minimal spatial and time losses by using the criterion of minimum area of the required maneuver are proposed.