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Navy Tests New Avoidance Tech For Manned/Unmanned Teaming

Navy Tests New Avoidance Tech For Manned/Unmanned Teaming
An RQ-21 Blackjack launches over an airfield at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in July 2022 to support the first flight test of Guardian, the new ground-based detect and avoidance system that tracks manned and unmanned aircraft. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy conducted the first flight test of the Guardian detect and avoidance system as it seeks to make manned/unmanned teaming safer ahead of tests with the MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker. The service said Guardian will work by tracking manned and unmanned systems across a 200 nautical mile radius airspace via ground-based sensors. The system then provides visual cues to unmanned air vehicle operators in ground control stations for navigation and traffic avoidance maneuvers when collisions are imminent. In the…

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