Our Contribution
APL researchers, together with partners at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, the MITRE Corporation, and other leading organizations in the field, developed the Airborne Collision Avoidance System X (ACAS X)—a collision avoidance system that will keep air travel safe well into the 21st century, as millions of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) enter the airspace. ACAS X maintains the safety of existing collision avoidance systems while incorporating a number of improvements. It is easier to update, applicable to future airspaces and platforms, and more efficient in sending alerts, reducing the attention demand on pilots.
