Airborne Based Sense and Avoid (ABSAA) Sensor for Tracking Non-cooperative Aircraft for RQ-7 Shadow and Larger UAS

A low cost, size, weight and power multi-spectral sensing solution will be developed that will enable the RQ-7 Shadow and larger Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to integrate into the National Airspace System (NAS) to meet training and other mission needs.The Airborne Sense and Avoid (ABSAA) sensing capability will be integrated with the Ground Based SAA(GBSAA) to support the full spectrum of desired unmanned operations.A fully qualified and automated ABSAA capability will also enable the future vision of automated UAS operations in the National Airspace System to include operations where one operator controls multiple UAS. The ABSAA will allow UAS to fly with fewer operational restrictions to enable dynamic operations during emergency response and during military operations. The ABSAA Sensor will adhere to the standards that are defined under the ODASD Open System Architecture (OSA) initiative which will allow for affordable change, employ evolutionary acquisition and spiral development.