GA-ASI is currently partnered with the FAA, NASA, and several industry partners to mature a DAA capability onboard NASA's Ikhana RPA. The FAA is developing a collision avoidance algorithm specifically for RPA, called ACAS XU, which uses the GA‑ASI DRR to detect and track non-cooperative aircraft.
Features/Benefits:
- High-performance, actively electronically scanned array antenna
- Air-cooled antenna and radar electronics assembly
- Detects and tracks any aircraft in FOV regardless of equipment onboard
- Feeds tracks through DAA system to remote pilot
- Enables due regard operations in international airspace
- Facilitates full and safe integration of RPA into the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS)
Predator demos sense-and-avoid system with first air-to-air radar -- Defense Systems
Drone maker General Atomics Aeronautical Systems said it has flight-tested an early version of a "sense-and-avoid radar" function mounted on its MQ-9 Predator B drone.
The company also said an extended range version of the MQ-1 Predator set a new record Predator endurance record earlier this month, remaining aloft for nearly two days during an endurance flight test.
The sense-and-avoid flight test, a pre-production version of the "Due Regard Radar," was billed as the first air-to-air radar mounted on a remotely piloted aircraft capable of meeting the requirements for "due regard" operations in international airspace. Due regard radars are equipped with automatic collision avoidance and sensor fusion capabilities designed to provide operators with improved situational awareness.
Boeing Patent
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| United States Patent Application: 0170205505 |
| United States Patent Application | 20170205505 |
| Kind Code | A1 |
| Heumphreus; Paul R. ; et al. | July 20, 2017 |
Due Regard Radar System
Abstract
A radar system may include a first radar array including a plurality of first radiating elements, and a second radar array including a plurality of second radiating elements, wherein the first radar array and the second radar array include a combined field of coverage of at least .+-.110 degrees in an azimuth plane and at least .+-.15 degrees in an elevation plane.
| Inventors: | Heumphreus; Paul R.; (Saint Peters, MO) ; Martin; Michael K.; (Redondo Beach, CA) ; Corrao; Giovanni; (St. Charles, MO) ; Shifflett; James A.; (Hazelwood, MO) ; Granger; Jamaal H.; (St. Charles, MO) ; Young; Roger K.; (O'Fallon, MO) ; Bristol; Timothy R.; (Orange, CA) ; Newton; Miles E.; (Irvine, CA) |
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| Family ID: | 1000002080152 | ||||||||||
| Appl. No.: | 15/001438 | ||||||||||
| Filed: | January 20, 2016 |
Rockwell Collins Patent
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| United States Patent: 9568602 |
AFFORDABLE COMBINED PULSED/FMCW RADAR AESA - Rockwell Collins, Inc.
AFFORDABLE COMBINED PULSED/FMCW RADAR AESA
Patent US9568602 - Radar system and method of due regard/detect and avoid sensing and weather ... - Google Patents
Abstract
A radar system and a
method can utilize a radar antenna, such as, an active electronically
scanned array antenna. The radar system can include a processor
configured to scan a volume of space via the radar antenna to detect
aircraft threats and to detect weather threats. The processing system
can utilize a first pattern to detect the aircraft threats or obstacles
and a second pattern to detect the weather threats.
| Publication number | US9568602 B1 |
| Publication type | Grant |
| Application number | US 14/498,539 |
| Publication date | Feb 14, 2017 |
| Filing date | Sep 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | Sep 26, 2014 |
| Inventors | Scott W. Stadelmann, 5 More » |
| Original Assignee | Rockwell Collins, Inc. |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan |
| Patent Citations (10), Classifications (10), Legal Events (1) | |
| External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet | |
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