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GA-ASI Successfully Tests Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-Based Surveillance System on Guardian

Posted on October 26, 2012 by The Editor

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful demonstration of an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)-based surveillance system that provides pilots with enhanced situational awareness and supports GA-ASI’s overall airborne sense-and-avoid architecture for its Predator B.

The purpose of the test was to demonstrate that the Predator/Gray Eagle-series aircraft can fly cooperatively and safely in the National Airspace System (NAS), allowing Air Traffic Control (ATC) to know their location and flight profiles precisely. BAE Systems provided a prototype of its Reduced Size Transponder, which has recently received the designation AN/DPX-7. The AN/DPX-7 is a military grade Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder that interoperates with both military and civilian ATC surveillance systems and is ADS-B-capable.