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This document presents an operational concept for the Application of Airborne Conflict Management (ACM) using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). The ACM concept includes detecting conflicts, monitoring for potential conflicts and suggesting resolutions to prevent a violation of airspace separation criteria against all other properly equipped aircraft/vehicles. ACM is a core enabling function for the global June 2014 RTCA List of Available Documents Page 60 of 142 implementation of the Free Flight concept, as it will aid pilots to fly user-preferred trajectories while avoiding conflicts with other aircraft.