Perpustakaan Digital ITB

Airspace intrusions into critical and strategic infrastructures, particularly airports, have become more prominent in recent times, primarily due to the proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly referred to as drones, in numerous commercial-grade civilian applications – inflicting safety and security risks. This study aimed to develop a method to evaluate aircraft safety strategies to mitigate such circumstances from occurring by conducting airspace classifications and Counter-UAV simulations utilising the open-source and open-data Python-based BlueSky OpenATM Simulator. The simulations were also conducted to remove a common generalisation in Counter-UAV operations, where the configuration of intruding drones, such as fixed-wings and multirotors, were all responded to with the same action, resulting in the reduction of operational effectiveness. This research proposed two safety strategies and Counter-UAV installation layouts surrounding Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport’s perimeter as a general benchmark, which were tested against three drone traffic scenarios – varied with regards to the number of operational UAVs ranging from 10 to 1,000 drones in a circular airspace diameter of 15 kilometres. It was concluded in the study that the amount of drone traffic played a more significant role in the success of UAV airspace penetration prevention. It was found during the simulations that the perimeter coverage area of the Counter-UAV systems does not significantly affect penetration likelihoods.