Air Force polling industry on remotely piloted aircraft sense-and-avoid options

By Leigh Giangreco / January 29, 2016 at 12:06 PM
The Air Force is seeking solutions for remotely piloted vehicle sense-and-avoid capabilities across the national, international and military airspace, according to a Jan. 20 sources-sought notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities website. The request for information is not the Air Force's first query to industry for sense-and-avoid capabilities. In 2014, the service released a sense-and-avoid RFI, but decided against pursuing an acquisition strategy. Although the RFI helped the service establish relationships with industry, it made a conscious decision to spend...

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