FLIGHT TEST PLAN FOR AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM. PHASE II TESTS AT NATIONAL AVIATION FACILITIES EXPERIMENTAL CENTER.

Abstract

Flight tests were conducted on the Aircraft Collision Avoidance system (CAS). It is an altitude-range device employing the ground reflection method to obtain range data. An airborne unit has been added to provide instantaneous performance of the threat computation, to actuate an alarm, and to indicate the direction and magnitude of an escape maneuver. The purpose of the flight tests was to evaluate the CAS research model to show the capability of the system concept and to determine the system's performance limitations.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1960
Accession Number
AD0696977

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Collisions
  • Computations
  • Maneuvers
  • Reflection
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.