Common-Airborne Sense and Avoid (C-ABSAA)

Abstract

Common-Airborne Sense and Avoid (C-ABSAA) is an analysis and developmental effort in the pre-Materiel Development Decision phase of the acquisition lifecycle which supports emerging warfighter requirements to fully integrate Group 4-5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) into the National Airspace System (NAS), international airspace, other nations' sovereign airspace, and operational combat airspace to conduct the entire range of military operations across all mission environments. C-ABSAA also supports the "Worldwide Operations" key performance parameter in larger RPA requirement documents, and Public Law 112-239 directing DoD collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Air and Space Administration (NASA) to safely integrate RPA in the NAS. Funding in this project supports the development of a Sense and Avoid (SAA) capability set for Group 4-5 RPA and covers analysis, research, and developmental activities as well as infrastructure and other government costs. Ongoing activities include support to the development of warfighter requirements and analysis of possible solution alternatives, collaboration with the FAA, NASA, and the other Services to develop national policy and standards, and SAA related studies, analysis, modeling and simulation, flight demonstrations of critical technologies, and program planning and project execution. RPA platform specific integration and testing is not included. Activities also include studies and analysis to support both current and future program planning and execution.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 645148_0604257F_4_3600_PB_2018

Tags

Readers

• Aerospace Engineering.
• Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
• Defense Technology Research and Development.

Technology Areas

• Space