Concept of operations

About: Concept of operations is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 964 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6845 citations. The topic is also known as: CONOPS.

Collision Avoidance for Unmanned Aircraft: Proving the Safety Case

Abstract: : The MITRE Corporation and Lincoln Laboratory have collaborated on this paper because we believe that it is important to articulate the system safety studies needed. Our two organizations bring a wealth of knowledge and experience associated with the development and implementation of TCAS. We were directly involved and/or closely associated with a significant portion of the system safety analysis that supported RTCA, FAA, Eurocontrol, and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) decisions related to TCAS2 standards and certification. Section 2 of this paper describes the safety analysis process. It gives a high level description of each step in the process, with emphasis on issues unique to UAS. Sections 3 through 5 describe selected areas in more detail. Section 3 addresses sensors and algorithms, which are specific aspects of the Concept of Operations. Section 4 describes encounter model development. Sections 5 describes the combination of fault tree analysis and dynamic simulation to assess UAS collision avoidance performance. Section 6 gives a summary.

Global Strike Task Force: A Transforming Concept, Forged by Experience

Abstract: : Reviewing recent history and anticipating future needs, General Jumper calls for action to capitalize on technology with new operational concepts and a new organizational tool to fight more effectively in the future. Specifically, with the F-22, B-2, and a constellation of access-granting platforms, the Global Strike Task Force (GSTF) promises to complement the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) to create dominant, immediate, and sustained aerospace power. Our experience in conflicts over the past decade has revealed the changing nature of warfare. The reliance on coalitions and allies, stringent ROE, concern about casualties, need for sustained air operations, and access issues are a few of the factors that now shape the application of American military power. Sophisticated new weapons available to our potential enemies further complicate our task. The GSTF operationalizes many of the lessons learned in combat in the 1990s. Decades ago the Luftwaffe demonstrated to the world the cost of failing to honor change. The GSTF provides the nation a new capability -- one that maximizes current systems and technologies and leverages their potential through innovative CONOPS. In sum, GSTF is a rapid-reaction, leading-edge, power projection concept that will deliver massive around-the-clock firepower. It will mass effects early, from longer ranges, and with more precision than our current capabilities and methods of employment; it will give adversaries pause to quit and virtually guarantee air dominance for our CINCs. In sum, GSTF is an elegant and effective near-term solution to meet the challenges facing America.

Formal analysis of the operational concept for the small aircraft transportation system

Abstract: The Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) is a NASA project aimed at increasing access to small non-towered non-radar airports in the US. SATS is a radical new approach to air traffic management where pilots flying instrument flight rules are responsible for separation without air traffic control services. In this paper, the SATS project serves as a case study of an operational air traffic concept that has been designed and analyzed primarily using formal techniques. The SATS concept of operations is modeled using non-deterministic, asynchronous transition systems, which are then formally analyzed using state exploration techniques. The objective of the analysis is to show, in a mathematical framework, that the concept of operation complies with a set of safety requirements such as absence of dead-locks, maintaining aircraft separation, and robustness with respect to the occurrence of off-nominal events. The models also serve as design tools. Indeed, they were used to configure the nominal flight procedures and the geometry of the SATS airspace.

Work Models that Compute to Describe Multiagent Concepts of Operation: Part 1

Abstract: This paper describes a simulation framework and engine created to address several concerns in the design of multiagent concepts of operation, focused on the construct of “work.” This framework incorporates the capabilities of several approaches, including cognitive work analysis, system-level modeling, and agent-based simulation. The framework promotes consistent, systematic models of the collective work performed by any number of agents within a concept of operation. As a side benefit, the ability to simulate work models also provides a mechanism to validate that the description of a concept of operation provides a complete and accurate representation of the agents’ collective activities and of the work environment they act upon. The framework defines several computational structures: “actions” describing work processes, “resources” describing the state of the environment, “decision actions” for strategy selection, and “functions” allowing compositional modeling at multiple levels of abstractions. Timing...

Operational Concept for Collaborative Traffic Flow Management based on Field Observations

Abstract: *† ‡ § ** Based on field observations conducted at a wide range of airline operational control (AOC) facilities and the Traffic Management Unit (TMU) of several Air Route Traffic Control Centers , a human-centered, bottom-up approach was followed to develop a future concept of operation for local/tactical en route collaborative traffic flow management (TFM). Many operational issues were recorded for different types of flow constraints and the interaction between the TMU and AOC in dealing with these situations was observed. Several key traffic flow management issues were identified that caused inefficiencies in current operations (in terms of performance metrics such as delay, workload, equity, and user preferences), despite the best efforts of dispatchers and flow managers. The operational concept provides a framework for enhancing collaboration between TMUs and AOCs to mitigate these flow management issues. One key observation was that, due to high TMU workload, the interaction between the TMU and AOC is limited in current tactical TFM operations to addressing user concerns in extreme circumstances such as emergency and low fuel load. The concept of operation suggests extending the scope of TMU-AOC collaboration to start in the early stages of tactical TFM planning and continue through implementation.