Open Autonomy/Safety Enhancement System (OASES)

The potential benefit of unmanned air systems (UAS) will only fully be realized when implemented alongside autonomy and perception capabilities that support safe and reliable operations. The Open Autonomy/Safety Enhancement System (OASES) is a commercial product that is currently being developed by Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) which address the fundamental safety challenges associated with autonomous operation of military and commercial UAS. The OASES portfolio, currently being developed for Navy unmanned platforms, includes core technologies for autonomous sense-and-avoid (SAA), non-GPS landing operations, and non-GPS precision navigation. In this effort, SSCI will focus on further developing the collision avoidance capability to enable autonomous UAS operation in Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) applications, where the UAS must fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) of human operators or monitors. The proposed Phase II program seeks to develop modular sensor components for SAFESEE which enable greater flexibility for system integration. Specifically, by developing configurable SAFESEE sensor modules, this effort will provide a broadly-applicable SAA solution that can be easily adapted to suit a wide variety of both military and commercial UAS platforms.