Assessment of the Risks of UAV Flights that Deter Wild Animals in Airport Areas

The research was conducted on the actual task of assessing the risks of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flights to achieve the goals of scaring off wild animals and performing a safe UAV flight in the vicinity of the airport during the task. As a result, a normalized assessment of the risks of UAV flights and a linguistic level of flight safety in the deterrence of wild animals is obtained, which will allow making proactive decisions regarding the controllability of UAV flight processes in the deterrence of wild animals at airports. In the study, for the first time, an information expert model was developed for the assessment of the risks of UAV flights that deter wild animals in the vicinity of airports. For the first time, a fuzzy UAV flight risk assessment model is developed using inputs from an information model, using intelligent knowledge analysis, fuzzy set theory, and one-dimensional membership functions. An example of assessment is illustrated. The conducted research will be a useful tool to support the adoption of the implementation of UAV flight safety within the biological protection of airports.