Airborne Collision Avoidance System for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
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Category: Software/Services
Developers: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Co-Developers: Federal Aviation Administration, MITRE, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
United States
Product Description:The ACAS sXu system provides a flexible and adaptive capability for small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) to avoid collision hazards with other aircraft and sUAS in the presence of obstacles and terrain.
Developers: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Co-Developers: Federal Aviation Administration, MITRE, and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
United States
Product Description:The ACAS sXu system provides a flexible and adaptive capability for small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) to avoid collision hazards with other aircraft and sUAS in the presence of obstacles and terrain.
ACAS sXu Figure 1