Notice2022-06352
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement-Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Technology for Coast Guard (CG) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Operations
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Published
March 25, 2022
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Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard announces its intent to enter into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with companies to evaluate a detect and avoid (DAA) system to determine its potential use in a maritime environment to enable the Coast Guard to safely fly small UAS (SUAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). The Coast Guard will conduct flight testing and evaluations of SUAS DAA technology against CG mission scenarios. From our previous solicitations, the Coast Guard is currently considering partnering with AeroVironment (AV) Inc. and solicits public comment on the possible participation of other parties in the proposed CRADA, and the nature of that participation. The Coast Guard also invites other potential non-Federal participants, who have the interest and capability to bring similar contributions to this type of research, to consider submitting proposals for consideration in similar CRADAs.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17096-17098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06352]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2022-0203]
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement--Beyond Visual
Line of Sight (BVLOS) Technology for Coast Guard (CG) Unmanned Aircraft
System (UAS) Operations
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard announces its intent to enter into a
cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with companies
to evaluate a detect and avoid (DAA) system to determine its potential
use in a maritime environment to enable the Coast Guard to safely fly
small UAS (SUAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS). The Coast Guard
will conduct flight testing and evaluations of SUAS DAA technology
against CG mission scenarios. From our previous solicitations, the
Coast Guard is
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currently considering partnering with AeroVironment (AV) Inc. and
solicits public comment on the possible participation of other parties
in the proposed CRADA, and the nature of that participation. The Coast
Guard also invites other potential non-Federal participants, who have
the interest and capability to bring similar contributions to this type
of research, to consider submitting proposals for consideration in
similar CRADAs.
DATES: Comments must reach the Coast Guard on or before April 25, 2022.
Synopses of proposals regarding future CRADAs must also reach the Coast
Guard on or before April 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
following website instructions. Submit synopses of proposals regarding
future CRADAs to Mr. Steve Dunn at his address listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this notice
or wish to submit proposals for future CRADAs, contact Mr. Steve Dunn,
Project Official, Aviation Branch, U.S. Coast Guard Research and
Development Center, 1 Chelsea Street, New London, CT 06320, telephone
860-271-2600, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#124056513f5b7c747d52676171753c7f7b7e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b392f284622050d042b1e18080c45060207">[email protected]</span></a> .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Request for Comments
We request public comments on this notice. Although we do not plan
to publish responses to comments in the Federal Register, we will
respond directly to commenters and may modify our proposal in light of
comments.
Comments should be marked with docket number USCG-2021-0203 and
should provide a reason for each suggestion or recommendation. You
should provide personal contact information so that we can contact you
if we have questions regarding your comments; but please note that all
comments will be posted to the online docket without change and that
any personal information you include can be searchable online. For more
about privacy and the docket, visit <a href="http://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice">http://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice</a>. We do accept anonymous comments.
We encourage you to submit comments through the Federal Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. If your material cannot be submitted using
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, contact the Coast Guard (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Documents mentioned in this notice and all public
comments, will be in our online docket at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
and can be viewed by following that website's instructions.
Additionally, if you go to the online docket and sign up for email
alerts, you will be notified when comments are posted.
Do not submit detailed proposals for future CRADAs to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Instead, submit them directly to the Coast Guard
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Discussion
CRADAs are authorized under 15 U.S.C. 3710(a).\1\ A CRADA promotes
the transfer of technology to the private sector for commercial use, as
well as specified research or development efforts that are consistent
with the mission of the Federal parties to the CRADA. The Federal party
or parties agree with one or more non-Federal parties to share research
resources, but the Federal party does not contribute funding.
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\1\ The statute confers this authority on the head of each
Federal agency. The Secretary of DHS's authority is delegated to the
Coast Guard and other DHS organizational elements by DHS Delegation
No. 0160.1, para. II.B.34.
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CRADAs are not procurement contracts. Care is taken to ensure that
CRADAs are not used to circumvent the contracting process. CRADAs have
a specific purpose and should not be confused with procurement
contracts, grants, and other type of agreements.
Under the proposed CRADA, the Coast Guard's Research and
Development Center (R&DC) will collaborate with one or more non-Federal
participants. Together, the R&DC and the non-Federal participants will
evaluate detect and avoid (DAA) systems to determine their potential
for use in a maritime environment to safely fly sUAS beyond visual line
of sight (BVLOS).
We anticipate that the Coast Guard's contributions under the
proposed CRADA will include the following:
(1) In conjunction with the non-Federal participant(s), develop the
demonstration test plan to be executed under the CRADA;
(2) Provide the SUAS test range, test range support, facilities,
and all approvals required for a SUAS demonstration and assessment
under the CRADA;
(3) Provide SUAS and associated equipment necessary to conduct the
demonstration described in the demonstration test plan;
(4) Provide all required operators and technicians to conduct the
demonstration;
(5) Conduct the privacy threshold analysis required for the
demonstration;
(6) Conduct the privacy impact assessment required for the
demonstration;
(7) Coordinate any required spectrum approval for the SUAS;
(8) Coordinate and receive any required interim flight clearance
for the demonstration;
(9) Provide any required airspace coordination and de-confliction
for the demonstration test plan;
(10) Collaboratively collect and analyze demonstration test plan
data; and
(11) Collaboratively develop a demonstration final report
documenting the methodologies, findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of this CRADA work.
We anticipate that the non-Federal participants' contributions
under the proposed CRADA will include the following:
(1) Provide DAA system and all other equipment to conduct the
demonstration described in the demonstration test plan;
(2) Provide all required operators and technicians to conduct the
demonstration;
(3) Provide technical data for the DAA to be utilized;
(4) Provide shipment and delivery of all DAA equipment required for
the demonstration; and
(5) Provide travel and associated personnel and other expenses as
required.
(6) Provide documentation, analysis, graphical user interfaces, and
algorithms supporting future FAA DAA BVLOS authorizations.
The Coast Guard reserves the right to select for CRADA participants
all, some, or no proposals submitted for this CRADA. The Coast Guard
will provide no funding for reimbursement of proposal development
costs. Proposals and any other material submitted in response to this
notice will not be returned. Proposals submitted are expected to be
unclassified and have no more than five single-sided pages (excluding
cover page, DD 1494, JF-12, etc.). The Coast Guard will select
proposals at its sole discretion on the basis of:
(1) How well they communicate an understanding of, and ability to
meet, the proposed CRADA's goal; and
(2) How well they address the following criteria:
(a) Technical capability to support the non-Federal party
contributions described; and
(b) Resources available for supporting the non-Federal party
contributions described.
Currently, the Coast Guard is considering AV Inc. for participation
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this CRADA, because they have a solution in place for providing detect
and avoid capabilities for UAS. However, we do not wish to exclude
other viable participants from this or future similar CRADAs.
This is a technology demonstration effort to evaluate and assess
DAA ship/ground-based technologies which support BVLOS UAS operations.
The goal of this CRADA is to find a solution for operating SUAS BVLOS.
Special consideration will be given to small business firms/consortia,
and preference will be given to business units located in the U.S.
This notice is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 15
U.S.C. 3710(a).
Dated: March 22, 2022.
Daniel P. Keane,
Captain, USCG, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Research and
Development Center.
[FR Doc. 2022-06352 Filed 3-24-22; 8:45 am]
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