Effective SAA systems that fuse ground-based radar information with that provided by onboard sensors have great potential to improve the quality of autonomous SAA tracking technology, bringing the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) into the National Airspace closer to reality. This has immediate implications in the safety improvement in the NextGen program.
Besides facilitating UAV access to the NAS, effective SAA systems can be used for maintaining safety during aerial combat training involving UAVs and, when the GBR is available, for gaining improved situational awareness in military theaters of operation. Commercial applications of the ASSIST technology are envisioned in commercial aircraft where additional information on the non-cooperating intruders has a potential to improve the overall flight safety.
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