Kongsberg Geospatial, developer of the TerraLens Geospatial SDK, uAvionix, creators of the PingStation Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) transponder, and Aireon, developers of a space-based ADS-B network announced that they will be demonstrating a horizonless air picture to help improve drone operations safety in an upcoming online seminar hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).

Kongsberg Geospatial, along with its partners Aireon and uAvionix, will demonstrate how a space-based ADS-B feed can be fused with a ADS-B local receiver to create the world's first demonstration of a "horizonless air picture" for BVLOS operations. This is important for long-range, BVLOS missions where unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operators need to be aware of air traffic and other unmanned systems - both in the mission area, and over the horizon.

This combined sensor picture, integrated and correlated within the Kongsberg geospatial IRIS Airspace Management application, provides for the best of both ADS-B worlds: the local accuracy and update rate from the uAvionix PingStation ADS-B receiver combined with the worldwide coverage of the space-based Aireon ADS-B satellite receiver network.

This integrated and correlated airspace picture provides highly accurate local coverage while eliminating local blind spots caused by terrain or obstacles while providing an over the horizon capability to monitor your own or any other ADS-B emitting aircraft.

"Complete awareness of the air picture in your mission space increasingly requires knowing what's over the horizon for long range unmanned flights", explains Paige Cutland, Vice President at Kongsberg Geospatial, and one of the presenters. "By combining local ADS-B transponder data with a space-based feed, we can effectively create a 'horizonless air picture' so operators are aware not only of traffic in their immediate area, but what's in the air beyond the immediate sensor range of their equipment."

Cyriel Kronenburg, Vice President International Development and Strategic Partnerships at uAvionix will describe how uAvionix's PingStation2 multi-channel sensors can provide a real-time picture of nearby air traffic - both for commercial aircraft and unmanned systems.

Demetrius Zuidema Manager of Commercial Data Services at Aireon, will be providing information and examples of the near real-time air traffic data available from Aireon's space-based ADS-B data feed.

The presentation will feature examples and scenarios of how both services can be integrated into a single operating air picture for situational awareness for UAS operators who conduct BVLOS operations.

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