Synthetic Vision Technology Demonstration. Volume 3. Flight Tests

This report contains the description and results of a Synthetic Vision technology demonstration program conducted jointly by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense and industry. The relevant technologies including millimeter wave radar sensors, infrared sensors, head-up displ...

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Main Authors: Burgess, Malcolm A, Chang, Terence, Dunford, Dale E, Hoh, Roger H, Horne, Walter F, Tucker, Richard F, Zak, J A
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
AIRCRAFT LANDINGS
AIRPORTS
APPROACH
AVIONICS
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
Commercial and General Aviation
COMPUTERS
DATA ACQUISITION
DEMONSTRATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ELECTRONICS
FLIGHT
FLIGHT TESTING
FOG
FPSP(FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPE SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEM)
HEAD DISPLAYS
HEAD UP DISPLAYS
HEAD(ANATOMY)
INDUSTRIES
Infrared Detection and Detectors
INFRARED DETECTORS
INSTRUMENTATION
LANDING
LOW VISIBILITY
MEASUREMENT
MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR
MILLIMETER WAVES
PILOTS
PRECIPITATION
PROTOTYPES
RADAR
RAIN
RUNWAYS
SELECTION
SNOW
STATICS
TAKEOFF
TEST AND EVALUATION
TOWERS
VISIBILITY
VISION
WEATHER
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Summary:This report contains the description and results of a Synthetic Vision technology demonstration program conducted jointly by the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Defense and industry. The relevant technologies including millimeter wave radar sensors, infrared sensors, head-up displays, and computer processing were developed and tested in static tower tests and in flight tests in which the weather conditions were carefully measured and documented. The purpose of the program was to evaluate and demonstrate the performance of the imaging sensors and of the complete imaging system during aircraft approaches and landings in low-visibility conditions. The static tower test Facility used was the Avionics Tower Test Facility, located at Wright Patterson AFB, in which candidate sensors were set up at approximately 260 feet overlooking a nearby runway. The runway scene imaged by the sensors was instrumented to carefully measure the characteristics of fog, rain and snow as those conditions occurred in 1991-1992. Sensor performance and phenomenology was then fully characterized to provide a basis for further sensor development and for selection of sensors with which to proceed to flight test. See also Volume 4, ADA281052.