Burger, Chris RBarnard, EJones, T2012-04-042012-04-042011-09Burger, CR, Barnard, E and Jones, T. Speech systems for autonomous unmanned aircraft: enabling autonomous unmanned aircraft to communicate in civil airspace. International Aerospace Symposium of South Africa (IASSA), Centurion, South Africa, 26-28 September 2011ISBN-978-0-620-51279-4http://74.52.18.198/~iassaor/files/IASSA%202011%20Book%20of%20Abstracts.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/5724International Aerospace Symposium of South Africa (IASSA), Centurion, South Africa, 26-28 September 2011Airspace control is currently based largely on the exchange of speech between aircraft and Air Traffic Service Units, or between aircraft themselves. ICAO regulatory guidelines make no distinction between unmanned and manned aircraft, implying that unmanned aircraft will have to comply with requirements for radio communication in certain airspaces. The availability of speech capability is therefore imperative for autonomous operations in civil airspace. The paper assesses the feasibility of automated speech in unmanned aircraft given the current state of the art.enUnmanned aircraftSpeech systemsAir traffic controlConference PresentationBurger, C. R., Barnard, E., & Jones, T. (2011). Speech systems for autonomous unmanned aircraft: enabling autonomous unmanned aircraft to communicate in civil airspace. IASSA. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5724Burger, Christiaan R, E Barnard, and T Jones. "Speech systems for autonomous unmanned aircraft: enabling autonomous unmanned aircraft to communicate in civil airspace." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5724Burger CR, Barnard E, Jones T, Speech systems for autonomous unmanned aircraft: enabling autonomous unmanned aircraft to communicate in civil airspace; IASSA; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5724 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Burger, Christiaan R AU - Barnard, E AU - Jones, T AB - Airspace control is currently based largely on the exchange of speech between aircraft and Air Traffic Service Units, or between aircraft themselves. ICAO regulatory guidelines make no distinction between unmanned and manned aircraft, implying that unmanned aircraft will have to comply with requirements for radio communication in certain airspaces. The availability of speech capability is therefore imperative for autonomous operations in civil airspace. The paper assesses the feasibility of automated speech in unmanned aircraft given the current state of the art. DA - 2011-09 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Unmanned aircraft KW - Speech systems KW - Air traffic control LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - ISBN-978-0-620-51279-4 T1 - Speech systems for autonomous unmanned aircraft: enabling autonomous unmanned aircraft to communicate in civil airspace TI - Speech systems for autonomous unmanned aircraft: enabling autonomous unmanned aircraft to communicate in civil airspace UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5724 ER -