FLARM and uAvionix - any relevance to gliders and towplanes?

FLARM Technology and uAvionix today announced a partnership to collaborate on Electronic Conspicuity (EC) and Detect and Avoid (DAA) solutions for manned and unmanned aircraft. uAvionix specializes in ADS-B, Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) transponders, and GNSS position sources for manned and unmanned aircraft. FLARM specializes in situational awareness and active DAA solutions for General Aviation and unmanned aircraft. Both companies offer products for installation and portable use together with modern display systems such as Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications.

The companies plan to incorporate their respective technologies into one another’s products and to develop and sell interoperable solutions for these markets across the world. The companies also plan to collaborate on UAS remote identification standards and solutions. FLARM’s Open eID Standard, the first electronic identification standard published globally, is being trialled in Europe for DAA and remote identification purposes, a key enabler for UTM frameworks like U-Space. uAvionix’ DroneAware system is being tested as a component of the NASA UTM TCL3 demonstrations as well as three of the UAS Integration Pilot Programs in the US.

“As the airspace becomes more and more crowded, it is increasingly important to integrate existing electronic conspicuity solutions into interoperable platforms. ADS-B and FLARM are the two dominating GNSS-based solutions in use today� said Christian Ramsey, President uAvionix.

“Combining Detect and Avoid and remote ID solutions for both manned and unmanned traffic will enable the safe and efficient integration of all traffic in the same airspace and keep the responsibility where it should be: with the pilot,� said Daniel Hoffmann, General Manager FLARM Technology.

On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 06:03:30 -0700, son_of_flubber wrote:

“Combining Detect and Avoid and remote ID solutions for both manned and
unmanned traffic will enable the safe and efficient integration of all
traffic in the same airspace and keep the responsibility where it should
be: with the pilot,� said Daniel Hoffmann, General Manager FLARM
Technology.

Sounds good to me. The last thing we need is any more incompatible EC and
DAA systems.


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For me personally, this announcement means that it's probably worth waiting a little bit for some new integrated, cohesive device from either party before going into ADS-B or FLARM. So I'll stay with my Mode C and PCAS for the time being.