[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48606-48607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20943]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Notice of Availability of Software and Documentation for 
Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, Department of Defense.

ACTION: Availability of VIGILANT SPIRIT Software and Documentation for 
Licensing.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Air Force announces the availability of 
VIGILANT SPIRIT software and related documentation that enables 
flexible operator teaming arrangements, including single operator 
control, of multiple heterogeneous Unmanned Air Vehicles (``UAVs'').

ADDRESSES: Licensing interests should be sent to: Office of Research 
and Technology Applications, 711 HPW/XPO, 2610 Seventh Street, Wright 
Patterson AFB, OH 45433; Facsimile: (937) 656-7959.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Research and Technology 
Applications, 711 HPW/XPO, 2610 Seventh Street, Wright Patterson AFB, 
OH 45433; Facsimile: (937) 656-7959; or Dr. James D. Kearns, (937) 255-
3765.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VIGILANT SPIRIT (``VS'') software suite 
includes the VS Control Station

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(``VSCS''), VS Simulation (``VS Sim''), and various support tools and 
documentation. The VS applications are built on an extensible software 
framework to facilitate ease of integration with new Unmanned Air 
Systems (``UAS'') and associated payloads. VS has the unique attribute 
of being designed, ab initio, with the idea of enabling a single 
operator to control multiple UAS in certain situations. Organizations 
involved with UAS operations, development, testing, and training could 
benefit from the use of VS. The VS software suite has been utilized in 
thousands of hours of simulation and hundreds of hours of live flight 
tests across a variety of Air Force and NASA projects.
    This notice is pursuant to the provisions of Section 801 of Public 
Law 113-66 (2014 National Defense Authorization Act).

Henry Williams,
Acting Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20943 Filed 9-25-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 5001-10-P