Considerations for Assuring Software Systems of Autonomous Aircraft

Zena Assaad; Noel Derwort; Katherine A. Daniell

doi:10.1109/SSCI47803.2020.9308422

Considerations for Assuring Software Systems of Autonomous Aircraft

Zena Assaad, Noel Derwort, Katherine A. Daniell

School of Cybernetics

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Software safety of autonomous aircraft is yet to be incorporated in current civil aviation safety standards. Current standards and guidance attempt to address operations and general procedures; however, the discussion around the software component and level of autonomy and automation of these vehicles is relatively immature. A robust regulatory framework needs to be developed if these unmanned systems are to be safely integrated into the existing civil airspace. The existing aviation standards around autonomous aircraft, autonomy in aircraft hardware and rules of the air are explored, with an emphasis on the gaps in existing standards and regulations. A need for a clear distinction in the regulation of the software component and the aviation component is highlighted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2020
Place of Publication	Canberra
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	3018-3024
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728125473, 978-1-7281-2546-6, 978-1-7281-2547-3
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-2548-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI47803.2020.9308422
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2020
Event	2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2020 - Virtual, Canberra, Australia Duration: 1 Dec 2020 → 4 Dec 2020 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=9308061

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Conference	2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2020
Abbreviated title	IEEE SSCI 2020
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Virtual, Canberra
Period	1/12/20 → 4/12/20
Other	IEEE SSCI is a flagship annual international conference on computational intelligence sponsored by the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, promoting all aspects of theory, algorithm design, applications and related emerging techniques.
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/servlet/opac?punumber=9308061

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Assaad, Z, Derwort, N & Daniell, KA 2020, Considerations for Assuring Software Systems of Autonomous Aircraft. in 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Canberra, pp. 3018-3024, 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2020, Virtual, Canberra, Australia, 1/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSCI47803.2020.9308422

Considerations for Assuring Software Systems of Autonomous Aircraft. / Assaad, Zena; Derwort, Noel; Daniell, Katherine A.
2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2020. Canberra: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020. p. 3018-3024.

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