Evolution of the US Navy´s collision avoidance systems (CAS) to future airborne capability environment (FACE)

Having successfully deployed a single CAS product on six aircraft with efforts underway to deploy to an additional four, the requirement to provide future versions of software that are FACE conformant is inevitable. To this end, an approach and demonstration results to accommodate a future requirement to deliver FACE UoPs to the aircraft integrators has been presented. The CAS team has determined that future efforts will incorporate the architectural elements and development methodologies presented in this paper to expedite the deployment of GPWS/TAWS/ OAS/MCAS capability tailored to the performance of a specific aircraft. Providing FACE conformant UoPs should expedite the deployment and future sustainment of these capabilities to platforms in dire need of protection.