Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
ACSS Among Teams Advancing Collision Avoidance for Unmanned Aircraft
The avionics manufacturer has joined General Atomics and Northrop Grumman to test ACAS Xu software
Northrop Grumman’s optionally piloted Firebird aircraft participated in flight tests conducted last August in conjunction with ACSS, which manufactures the T3CAS traffic management computer. The tests were part of the Run 2 phase at Mojave, California.
Northrop Grumman’s optionally piloted Firebird aircraft participated in flight tests conducted last August in conjunction with ACSS, which manufactures the T3CAS traffic management computer. The tests were part of the Run 2 phase at Mojave, California.

Testers from industry, government and academia planned to resume flight tests this summer of a detect-and-avoid capability for large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) using next-generation collision avoidance technology. The tests are contributing to the goal of introducing UAS into civilian, unrestricted airspace and development of the Aircraft Collision Avoidance System for NextGen (ACAS X)—technology the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration plans as a replacement for the current TCAS system required on large passenger-carrying aircraft.