Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Reliable Completes Detect-and-avoid Tests Near Airports
Data from flight-test campaign substantiates new FAA drone standards
Reliable Robotics’ detect-and-avoid system
Reliable Robotics’ detect-and-avoid system visualizes nearby cooperative and noncooperative aircraft during FAA-contracted flight tests near Hollister Municipal Airport, supporting development of UAS integration standards.

Reliable Robotics has completed a series of FAA-contracted flights designed to test whether large uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) can safely share airspace with crewed aircraft near airports.

The Mountain View, California-based company staged deliberate encounters between its autonomous Cessna Caravan and other aircraft in and around the traffic pattern at Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) in California. These flights were intended to evaluate how its detect-and-avoid (DAA) system performs at the boundary between en route and terminal airspace, where aircraft are transitioning between the cruise and approach flight phases.