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EASA Advances Airborne Collision Prevention for GA

Affordable tech aims to reduce midair collision risks

Florian Guillermet EASA Executive Director — EASA executive director Florian Guillermet.

By Amy Wilder • Writer

April 14, 2025

As Europe’s air traffic continues to increase, EASA and its partners have launched two initiatives aimed at reducing the risk of midair collisions in general aviation. The measures, announced last week, include the voluntary “¡Conspicuity Declaration” and the establishment of ADS-B “Light” (ADS-L) protocol as a common standard for general aviation (GA) and drone situational awareness.

While commercial aircraft have long relied on traffic collision avoidance systems, the weight and cost of such systems have kept them out of reach for most smaller GA aircraft. Traditionally, pilots in uncontrolled airspace have relied on visual separation or “see and avoid.” Now, advances in technology have enabled the development of more affordable devices to make GA aircraft electronically visible to each other and to ground-based observers.

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