Next-Generation Airborne Collision Avoidance System

Abstract

In response to a series of midair collisions involving commercial airliners, Lincoln Laboratory was directed by the Federal Aviation Administration in the 1970s to participate in the development of an onboard collision avoidance system. In its current manifestation, the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System is mandated worldwide on all large aircraft and has significantly improved the safety of air travel, but major changes to the airspace planned over the coming years will require substantial modification to the system. Recently, Lincoln Laboratory has been pioneering the development of a new approach to collision avoidance systems that completely rethink show such systems are engineered, allowing the system to provide a higher degree of safety without interfering with normal, safe operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1014875

Entities

People

  • James P. Chryssanthacopoulos
  • Jessica E. Holland
  • Mykel Kochenderfer

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Control Systems
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Flight Crews
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Guidance
  • Measurement
  • Sense And Avoid Systems
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space