Six-year-old uAvionix, a pioneer in communications, navigation, and surveillance avionics for unmanned systems, on April 28 announced in a news release that it has been granted a new U.S. Patent 10,991,260—the company’s eighth—aimed at making US airspace safer by warning fixed and rotary wing aircraft of a nearby UAS. If a drone equipped with the new technology should ever climb above a pre-set altitude limit—normally about 400 feet agl—the drone will begin broadcasting its position via ADS-B viewable to other ADS-B equipped aircraft in the vicinity.
uAvionix Continues Creating Micro-Technology for the Aviation Industry
Key Takeaways:
- uAvionix has been granted a new patent (10,991,260) for a system that enhances airspace safety by having drones automatically broadcast their position via ADS-B to nearby manned aircraft if they exceed a pre-set altitude limit.
- This patented technology utilizes an "Inert and Alert" concept, where the drone's ADS-B solution remains inactive until a safety-critical event triggers it to broadcast, preserving spectrum.
- uAvionix also announced "George," an 80-gram, US-made autopilot system for the UAS market, designed to facilitate drone certification and support safe Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations.
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