ATC Position Reports for Unmanned Aircraft (UA)

Unmanned aircraft (UA) position reports currently cannot be transmitted to air traffic control (ATC) displays by altitude and latitude/longitude of the aircraft. There is no schema for converting position reports for all UA used in theatre into a standard format and to forward this information to ATC and battle management facilities. Our approach will be to implement a simplified XML-based schema using Cursor-on-Target as an initial area of investigation. We will utilize message file reduction methods to improve data throughput over limited bandwidth. The end state is the creation of a ATC Position Reporting System based on a high performance data base engine. The reporting system will be integrated into the ATC Tactical Briefcase currently under development for AFRL/HE and ST BAO.