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NASA Launches $1.5 Million Centennial Challenge

http://www.uasvision.com/2012/10/23/nasa-laun...challenge/

NASA has issued a Request for Information - Centennial Challenges Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Airspace Operations Challenge .

NASA’s Centennial Challenge Programme seeks to stimulate innovation in technologies that have value to NASA and the nation through open prize competitions that directly engage the public, academia, and industry.

NASA is considering initiation of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Airspace Operations Challenge (UAS AOC or Challenge) focused on finding innovative solutions to the problems surrounding the integration of UAS into the National Airspace System (NAS).

The approach being considered would require competitors to maintain safe separation from other air traffic while operating their UAS in congested airspace, under a variety of scenarios. This will be accomplished through the use of sense and avoid technologies, as envisioned in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).

NASA is planning this Challenge in collaboration with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), with NASA providing the prize purse.

To read the complete RFI, click here .