NASA Flight Tests New ADS-B Device

[FARRIER]

http://www.pddnet.com/news-nasa-flight-tests-new-ads-b-device-032612/

"Being equipped with ADS-B enables NASA's Ikhana to provide much more detailed position, velocity, and altitude information about itself to air traffic controllers, airborne pilots of other ADS-B equipped aircraft flying in its vicinity, and to its pilots on the ground. Currently, only air traffic controllers can see all the aircraft in any given section of the sky."

[bosshawk]

Some of our members might like to know that Ikhana is the NASA version of the Predator, or so my addled brain tells me.

[Pylon]

Interesting progress, but still doesn't address or solve the issue of collision-avoidance with other GA aircraft who are flying by visual separation rules.

[bosshawk]

Mike: that is the kicker.  It would upset my whole day to have a Predator meet my Bonanza head-on anywhere other than on the ground.  And even that would tend to irritate me.