Common-Airborne Sense & 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 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, the collaboration with the FAA, NASA, and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) 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.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2016
- Source ID
- 675148_0305220F_7_3600_PB_2016
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