O uso da inteligência artificial aplicada à aviação de médio e pequeno portes e a sua contribuição para segurança de voo

Abstract

With the society evolution, science, market and industry begin to have the need of developing constantly in order to meet the demands of contemporary times, especially those focused on safety and comfort. From this evolution, Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerged as a branch of computer science, enabling computers to think and behave intelligently, with application in several areas, such as Medicine, Zootechnics, Aviation and others. Its use in airplanes was initially intended for large aircraft, whose application transformed the control cabin into a glass cockpit, among other transformations. The AI in these planes improved the interaction between man and the machine, making easy the pilots' work during the flights and helping airlines, in the sense of better operation time management. Starting from this reality, the research aims to verify the level of applicability of AI in smaller aircraft, especially in regional air transport. Therefore, a basic methodology was adopted, with descriptive objectives and a qualitative approach, anchored in documentary and bibliographic procedures. Thus, from the researched materials, it was found that aircrafts such as the ATR 72-600 and ATR 42-600S (used for regional air transportation), as well as the Cessna C172 and Cirrus SR20 / 22 (used in small air transportation) are equipped with AI with glass cockpit technology, elevating the human-machine interface, which brings irrefutable gains for safety, comfort and efficiency. As for small planes, it was also found that in Brazil there are 435 Cirrus SR20 / 20 aircraft registered in the RAB (until May 2021), which points out to an interest of the sector in this kind of technology. Due to this, many aircraft have been developed with a view to the growth of this market, such as the Amazon, Inpaer New Conquest and others. Thus, it is possible to conclude that the AI has being used not only in the larger aircraft of regular aviation, but in other segments, whose demand is for smaller planes, which are adopting the glass cockpit and have evolved in terms of technology applied to the improvement of the man-machine interface. Finally, it is recommended that pilots at the beginning of their careers become familiar, as far as possible, with these types of aircraft, because if they intend to join major airlines, they will have already developed skills and competencies for glass cockpit aircrafts management.