DARPA's Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution (ASTARTE) program recently demonstrated new automated flight-path-planning software that successfully deconflicted friendly missiles, artillery fire and manned and unmanned aircraft while avoiding enemy fires in a simulated battle in contested airspace. In a demonstration held at the U.S. Army's Mission Command Battle Lab, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., the ASTARTE software seamlessly integrated with the Army's Integrated Mission Planning and Airspace Control Tools (IMPACT) software suite. The ASTARTE program is a joint collaboration between DARPA, the Army and the U.S. Air Force to enable efficient and effective airspace operations and de-confliction in a highly congested anti-access/area denial environment. The program's goal is to provide an accurate, real-time common operational picture of the airspace over an Army division, enabling long-range fire missions, as well as manned and unmanned aircraft operations, to occur safely in the same airspace.
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