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Specialty
Scott BawdenEnergy Conversion
Systems
Erik Blasch, Roberto SabatiniAvionics
Systems
Domenico CiuonzoCommunications,
Signal Processing, and Data Fusion
David CrouseTarget Tracking
Mauro De SanctisSignal Processing and
Communication in Aerospace Systems
Michael BraaschNavigation, Positioning
Daniel OHaganRadar Systems
Moriba JahAstronautic and Aeronautic
Systems
Haiying LiuControl System Engineering
and Robotic Systems
Michael CardinaleElectro-Optic and
Infrared Systems, Image Processing
Ruhai WangSystems Engineering
Peter WillettMulti-Sensor Systems

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IEEE

Editors

SYSTEMS
m a g a z i n e

September 2016

ISSN 0885-8985

Volume 31 Number 9

COLUMNS
In This Issue Technically.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
From the Editor-in-Chief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
From the Editors of the Special Issue on Sense and Avoid: Part II. . . . . . . . . 3

ARTICLES
Flight Test and Evaluation of a Prototype Sense and Avoid System
Onboard a ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft
Michael Wilson, Daniel Ryan, Dmitry Bratanov, Alexander
Wainwright, Jason Ford, Lennon Cork, Michael Brouckaert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Onboard Visual Sense and Avoid System for Small Aircraft
Tams Zsedrovits, Pter Bauer, Borbla Jani Mtysn Pencz, Antal
Hiba, Istvn Gozse, Mt Kisantal, Mt Nmeth, Zoltn Nagy, Blint
Vanek, kos Zarndy, Jzsef Bokor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
An Autonomous Quadrotor Avoiding a Helicopter in Low-Altitude
Flights
Zhilong Liu, Aislan Gomide Foina.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
An Advanced Sense and Collision Avoidance Strategy for Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles in Landing Phase
Yu Fu, Youmin Zhang, Xiang Yu.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Proof-of-Concept Airborne Sense and Avoid System with ACAS-XU
Flight Test
Tatsuya Kotegawa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

NEWS AND INFORMATION

Obtaining an AESS Tutorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Call for Proposals for 2020 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf20) Host. . . 16
IEEE Digital Member Digital Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Call for Papers: IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Magazine
Special Issue on HF Radar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2016 AESS Senior Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Nanyang Technological University: Professorship in Space Technology. . . 29
Report on the 22nd Saint Petersburg International Conference on
Integrated Navigation Systems (22 ICINS 2015)
Margareta Grishina.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Errata: Integrated Modular Avionics Past, Present, and Future. . . . . . . . . . . . 66
2016 Distinguished Lecturers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Call for Nominations: The IEEE AESS Outstanding Organizational
Leadership Award.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Meetings and Conferences.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover