AVIATIONx Webinar: Automation and Autonomy in General Aviation: Opportunities and Challenges for Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability 13 July 2022 12:00 am - 13 July 2022 1:30 am & Online

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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, FAA Center for General Aviation Research (PEGASAS)

Panelists

Nicoletta Fala
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Ken Goodrich
Research Engineer

Natasha Neogi
Subproject Manager, NASA System-Wide Safety Project, and Assurance of Responsible Automation Technical Lead, Advanced Air Mobility Project

Joe Phillips
Director, Engineering Flight Test

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