The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is seeking industry input to help shape the future of ground-based airspace surveillance and communication infrastructure that supports unmanned aircraft Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations (BVLOS) operations and airspace modernisation.
As part of this work, CAA is conducting a survey to gather valuable insights on the current state and future needs of ground infrastructure, including:
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) receivers and transceivers (including use cases and appropriate certification standards)
- Flight Information Displays (FIDs), including use cases and appropriate certification standards)
- Multilateration (MLAT) solutions
- Non-cooperative detection, geolocation and surveillance of drones by means including, but not limited to, radar, optical (EO/IR), acoustic and radio frequency
- Traffic Information Services – Broadcast (TIS-B) and Flight Information Services – Broadcast (FIS-B) solutions and use cases, and the associated technical standards and safety assurance
- Obstruction beacons
CAA also wants to hear from organisations specialising in connectivity solutions (including Local and Wide Area Networks, cloud based hosting or VPN) and data encryption and says such input can directly contribute to its work in this area.
The survey opened on 12 May and closes 12 June.
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