Common-Airborne Sense and Avoid (C-ABSAA)

Abstract

Common-Airborne Sense and Avoid (C-ABSAA) is an analysis and developmental effort in the pre-Material Development Decision phase of the acquisition lifecycle which supports emerging warfighter requirements to fully integrate Group 4-5 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 (KPP) in larger Remotely Piloted Aircraft (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 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 other Services to develop national policy and standards, and SAA related studies, analysis, modeling and simulation, program planning and project execution. RPA platform specific integration and testing is not included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2017
Source ID
675148_0305206F_7_3600_PB_2017

Tags

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Space

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