Certifying unmanned systems

Abstract

The paper presents a review that summarizes and importantly synthesizes the status of the certification for the time being a Norwegian drone system. Focus is on how this certification process generates new insights or creates an integrated analytic approach (critical view on) the activity of certifying based on feedback from Norwegian military end users. Main question to be discussed when planning and implementing a test set-up for the certification i.e., a course syllabus, is how to facilitate a course syllabus and activities that most efficiently qualify and certify an unmanned system. The test bed, developed by the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI), are supported by a framework of various software configurations adapted for behaviors in various military applications across different domains (underwater, ground, air). We investigate how operators and instructor trigger dialogue in observational tasks during tutored physical flying session certifying an air drone system and how do debriefing and learning create cognitive comprehension that is the competency developed in a team during certifying a military unmanned system.

Keywords: Unmanned Aerial Systems, Human Systems Integration, Systems Engineering, Certification

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1006788