Team Presents The Community With A Collision Avoidance Safety System

Becker Avionics and Iris Automation, have entered into a strategic partnership to increase the situational awareness of general aviation pilots and advance uncrewed aerial vehicle safety. The two companies will team up to develop a non-required safety enhancing equipment system to detect and warn pilots of nearby aircraft.

The collision avoidance safety system uses computer vision and machine learning to "see" when another aircraft is approaching from outside the pilot's field of view, and poses a risk to the equipped aircraft, issuing 3D audio warnings.

The solution will combine Iris Automation's patented Casia detect and alert technology with Becker Avionics' communication and navigation equipment expertise for both crewed and uncrewed airborne applications.

The solution comes to address a problem; in some airspace traditional signals become unavailable, thus increasing the pilots workload to monitor for incoming aircraft.

From 2016-2020, 1450 near mid-air collisions were reported, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Eighty-two percent of mid-air collisions occur from the rear, states the AOPA Air Safety Foundation. 

The Iris Automation/Becker Avionics opto-electric/audio system will monitor airspace in visual flight conditions independently, onboard the pilot's aircraft, even if ADS-B or TCAS signals may be unavailable. 

The product is made to assist in the pilots' situational awareness, whether in the cockpit or remote, during instrument scans or other parts of the airspace. 

The system is designed to improve safety with minimal impact on the pilot’s workload by providing warnings in time to take actions, avoiding potential collisions.

FMI: www.becker-avionics.com