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RTCA Progressing Toward Small Drone Detection Standard

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 9th, 2020

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RTCA Progressing Toward Small Drone Detection Standard

Echodyne's EchoGuard radar. Photo: Echodyne

A public-private partnership that develops consensus-based standards for aviation modernization is working toward development of a standard for detecting small drones around airports, which will help buyers and users of drone security systems to know if the detection component will perform as intended. The private not-for-profit Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) stood up a counter unmanned aircraft system (UAS) special committee in December to begin work on the detection standard after being approached by several government organizations such as…

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