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The existing ASTM DAA Standard (F3442/F3442M) addresses broad DAA requirements for operations in low and medium risk airspaces, and encompasses many different use cases, technologies and risk profiles through the application of UAS-specific risk formulas. F3442/F3442M also requires detection and avoidance of non-cooperative aircraft. However, to date multiple operators have successfully secured broad-based FAA operational approval for their DAA systems using proven risk assessment and compliance approaches adopted from traditional aviation. These approaches diverge substantially from those used in F3442/F3442M, and to date they have demonstrated: a. Successful completion of multiple FAA Safety Risk Management Reviews; b. Compliance with the risk criteria of FAA Order 8040.6A Safety Risk Management, Appendix C; c. Continued approval for BVLOS operations without the use of visual observers; and d. Meeting or exceeding all FAA operational safety requirements since their approval. These highly automated approaches in cooperative airspaces take a different approach from F3442/F3442M and this standard will address their concept of operations and performance requirements.