ACAST | NASA Advanced CNS Architectures and System Technologies | Glenn Research Center

In October 2003, NASA embarked on ACAST to perform research and development on selected communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) technologies to enhance the performance of the National Airspace System (NAS).

The intent of ACAST (Advanced CNS Architectures and System Technologies) is to provide technologies to enable increases in capacity, efficiency, mobility and flexibility for users of the NAS.