ACTIVITY REPORT

Abstract

Contents: APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEMS: AN/GSN-5A, BLEU landing system, REGAL, FLARESCAN, and AN/APN-114. AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEMS: Sylvania simplified approach lights, centerline taxiway lighting, runway crossbars and distance-to-go signs, shield for approach light sequence flasher, semi-flush mounted runway lights, comparison of U. S. Red-White VGSI and Australian TEE-VGSI, and heliport surface lights. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING: A /GSN-11 and data processing central. NAVIGATION: Doppler VOR/TACAN colocation tests, radio doppler direction finding, minimum air navigation, and pictorial displays and course line computers. RESEARCH: ATC concepts for supersonic and hypersonic vehicles, weather hazards detection and circumnavigation, advanced communications techniques for LODISNAV, pilot warning information requirements, Hawaiian Islands ATC simulation study, and water equeezertype aircraft arresting system. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0283060

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Navigation
  • Approach Lights
  • Communications Techniques
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Processing
  • Direction Finding
  • Hypersonic Vehicles
  • Navigation
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Runways
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics