Radar and passive sensors provider Saab Sensis has been awarded a contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) to develop verification and validation (V&V) methods to help detect problems related to authority and autonomy (A&A).
The V&V methods will be designed to detect A&A problems that are specifically those associated with assignments of authority to automated systems.
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Saab Sensis will develop scenarios and methods that will be used to evaluate safety in the current and future operational concepts.
Saab Sensis stated that the advanced aviation concepts are using greater levels of automation and autonomy in systems used by pilots and air traffic controllers.
As a result, using conventional V&V methods to validate system safety and integrity might not be effective
In order to improve upon existing V&V methodologies to evaluate complex systems, Saab Sensis will perform studies based on operational scenarios and structured subject matter expert inputs.
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By GlobalDataSaab Sensis senior vice president and general manager Ken Kaminski said that future aviation concepts, such as advanced collision avoidance and trajectory-based operations, hold great potential for improving aviation efficiency and safety, but require rigorous testing before being introduced to the National Airspace System.
"Saab Sensis will develop new methods and scenarios that can be used by researchers to test these complex concepts with a greater degree of confidence that the concepts successfully address safety requirements," Kaminski said.
Saab Sensis is a developer of solutions and systems that enable the aviation community to operate more safely and efficiently.
It is involved in creating and implementing decision support tools for enhancing airport surface safety, and improving National Airspace System efficiency through departure metering and en route traffic flow management.
The $500m NASA Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) is a partnership with the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense and the aviation industry.
The programme is aimed at developing advanced technologies that help improve air travel safety on commercial and smaller aircraft.
Image: Saab Sensis will investigate new Verification & Validation (V&V) methods, which will be based on operational scenarios and structured subject matter expert inputs. Photo: courtesy of Suzanne T.
