28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-11.3.3

GROUND-BASED SENSE AND AVOID SUPPORT FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS

M. Wilson
Boeing Research & Technology Australia, Australia

Keywords: as, radar, ads-b, scaneagle, rcs

Unmanned aircraft require a capability to sense and avoid other aircraft to fly routinely in the national airspace system. One solution is to use ground-based sense and avoid systems to support UAS operations. The MATS uses a primary surveillance radar and an ADS-B receiver to support UAS operations.

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