AVIATIONx Webinar: Automation and Autonomy in General Aviation: Opportunities and Challenges for Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability 13 July 2022 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) Online
On Demand Recording Available
This webinar is co-organized by PEGASAS and the AIAA Intelligent Systems and General Aviation Technical Committees.
This webinar is open to the public and free of charge.
Focus: How introducing more automation and/or autonomy for general aviation could increase safety, accessibility and sustainability.
- Reducing pilot workload
- Preventing loss of control in flight
- Lowering training requirements and proficiency training
- What needs to be addressed to make this happen?
- Discussion of current examples
- Challenges that prevent this from being certified and adopted
Moderator
William Crossley, J. William Uhrig and Anastasia Vournas Head of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University; Director, Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability (PEGASAS) Center of Excellence
Panelists
Nicoletta Fala, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University
Ken Goodrich, Research Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
Natasha Neogi, Subproject Manager, NASA System-Wide Safety Project, and Assurance of Responsible Automation Technical Lead, Advanced Air Mobility Project, NASA Langley Research Center
Joe Phillips, Director, Engineering Flight Test, Textron Aviation
John Valasek, Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University; Site Director, FAA Center for General Aviation Research (PEGASAS)
Automation and Autonomy in General Aviation: Opportunities and Challenges for Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability
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