Members of the Ground-Based Detect and Avoid Team stand with their plaques after receiving the Air Traffic Control Association’s Team Award for Outstanding Achievement Oct. 22 at the ATCA’s annual award ceremony in Washington, D.C. Personnel from the Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Communication, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence; the MITRE Corp.; the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center; and the Raytheon Co.; along with Air Force Research Laboratory researchers and other key mission partners were honored for their work to advance the science, safety and efficiency of air traffic control by providing beyond-visual-line-of-sight capabilities for remotely piloted aircraft in national airspace. (Photo courtesy of Air Traffic Control Association)