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UAV Systems Engineering · Module 8 of 8

Safety, Verification and Flight Testing

Validate complete autonomous UAV systems.

Implementation-specific 18 of 18 lessons written ·

Lessons (18)

  1. M8-T1System requirements engineeringLesson
  2. M8-T2Requirements decompositionLesson
  3. M8-T3Verification and validationLesson
  4. M8-T4SIL, HIL and ground testingLesson
  5. M8-T5Flight-test planningLesson
  6. M8-T6Test-case developmentLesson
  7. M8-T7FMEALesson
  8. M8-T8Fault-tree analysisLesson
  9. M8-T9Fault detection, isolation and recoveryLesson
  10. M8-T10Degraded navigation modesLesson
  11. M8-T11GNSS loss handlingLesson
  12. M8-T12Visual odometry failure handlingLesson
  13. M8-T13IMU failure handlingLesson
  14. M8-T14Communication loss and failsafesLesson
  15. M8-T15Flight incident investigationLesson
  16. M8-T16Technical risk assessmentLesson
  17. M8-T17System acceptance criteriaLesson
  18. M8-T18Deployment and operational limitationsLesson

Practical laboratories (7)

  1. M8-L1Develop an FMEA for a GNSS-denied UAVGuided lab
  2. M8-L2Simulate GNSS lossInteractive simulation
  3. M8-L3Simulate visual odometry failureInteractive simulation
  4. M8-L4Implement navigation confidence monitoringInteractive simulation
  5. M8-L5Develop a degraded-mode architectureInteractive simulation
  6. M8-L6Prepare a flight-test acceptance planGuided lab
  7. M8-L7Perform a system-level failure investigationGuided lab

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