Aeronautics. Aeronautical engineering
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Research problems linked to this topic
- How is the space sector changing our society? What will this look like in the future? What is the role of government in this context?
- How can new approaches and technologies be applied to deter, detect, and disrupt the misuse of drones?
- What is the potential for commercial human space travel in the long-term?
- What are the definition and groups of new and emerging aviation technology? How will or could new and emerging aviation technology change travel patterns and demand, and fit in with the wider future of transport scenarios of seamless connectivity and living local?
- How is the space sector likely to grow and change, and what will that mean for the UK space sector?
- How will new and emerging aviation technology such as unmanned aircraft, advanced air mobility, provide environmental benefits or disbenefits and what environmental assessment techniques should be applied?
- Risk posed across sectors by different types of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and other autonomous and unmanned systems, now and in the future.
- Building a stronger overall picture of the space sector. Mapping and explaining how the sector works, how its constituent parts intermesh, how the UK space sector is connected to the rest of the world, how academia and industry interconnect.
- How are the local environmental impacts of aviation evolving through time (e.g., noise and air quality) and how can they best be mitigated?
- What are the safety and line-of-sight flying concerns regarding the use of drones in policing and how can these be mitigated?
- How should autonomous aviation systems communicate with ground control and each other?
- How can we leverage our world-class researchers, education, businesses and facilities to build the UK as a science and technology superpower, and in doing so, helping to achieve our goals in space?
- How can we ensure Situational Awareness for different human in the loop actors in autonomous aviation?
- What technologies can be applied to drones to extend battery life and help to reduce replacement and maintenance costs?
- What are the options for reducing our reliance on space-based Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) systems? What is the most cost-effective way of ensuring adequate resilience and redundancy of PNT across transport systems?
- Risks and effectiveness of counter-UAV measures in civilian airspace.
- Affordable space – How can Defence achieve affordable access to space? How can we harness advances in the commercial sector and maximise our use of space based services? How do we improve our situation awareness of space? Where are the opportunities to reduce the size, weight and power of space based capabilities?
- What are aviation autonomy maturity levels?