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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 323541-323541.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2019.23541

• Electronics and Electrical Engineering and Control • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Single pilot operation mode technology

WANG Miao, XIAO Gang, WANG Guoqing   

  1. School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
  • Received:2019-10-08 Revised:2019-11-08 Online:2020-04-15 Published:2019-11-07
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (61973212, 61673270); National Program on Key Basic Research Project (2014CB744903); Shanghai Industrial Strengthening Project(GYQJ-2017-5-08); Shanghai Science and Technology Committee Research Project (17DZ1204304)

Abstract: Over the last seventy years, the minimum crew complement for air carrier operation has fallen from five in the 1950s to two today. However, in order to reduce the costs of airlines and the safety risks caused by different perceptions and inconsistent operations of two pilots, Single Pilot Operation (SPO) is the key technology for the next generation operation. SPO mode is the collaborative implementation among single pilot, cockpit intelligent automation, and ground airlines’ operator. In this paper, we describe the system architecture for single pilot operation and its components. The differences between the current operation mode and the single pilot operation in the collaboration among pilot, air traffic management system and airlines, are also introduced. According to the main flight process of commercial aircraft, the organization architecture for each flight process under SPO is presented. The established remote control demonstration and validation system are evaluated by pilots operating, and one dispatcher. The results show our remote control system based on SPO can get the base operating feeling as onboard operating, more conveniently in flight re-planning and emergency situation operation. The above research would be the foundation for the SPO development of commercial aircraft in China.

Key words: single pilot operation, airborne automation system, ground operator, air traffic management system, commercial aircraft

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