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Alenia claims success in UAV sense-

and-avoid tests

By: DOMINIC PERRY

LONDON

Source: Flightglobal.com

14:55 4 Jun 2015

Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi has successfully validated a sense-and-

avoid system designed to allow the integration of unmanned air 

ehicles into civil airspace.

In a series of recent tests at Grazzanise air base, the company 

flew multiple sorties using its Sky-Y UAV in conjunction with its 

C-27J transport.

The Sky-Y was equipped with the Mid-air Collision Avoidance 

System (MIDCAS), which Alenia has been developing as part 

of a consortium under a European Defence Agency (EDA) initiative.

Alenia Aermacchi

In order to test MIDCAS’s ability to identify other aircraft in 

congested airspace and then manoeuvre to avoid them, the 

C-27J was intentionally flown as close as 150m (490ft) to the 

UAV, at different attitudes and from different directions.

Additionally, the trials evaluated the best combination of 

sensors to allow the UAV to build up an accurate picture of 

the surrounding airspace, including of aircraft not equipped 

with position transponders.

MIDCAS is a research project contracted by EDA on behalf 

of five partner countries – Sweden, Germany, France, Italy 

and Spain – and featuring industrial and research champions 

from the various nations.