Study and Analysis of SC-117, National and USAF Plans for a New Landing System.

Abstract

With SC-117, national, and USAF plans partially formulated for the design of a new Microwave Landing System (MLS) to meet common civil/military and common CTOL/VSTOL requirements, attention is now focused on technical and operational areas of landing where critical decisions must be made to narrow the competing techniques to a single national standard. The Air Force missions utilize not only conventional, fixed MLS installations, but also mobile MLS units quickly installed at remote or foreign airfields. A design of a very-low-cost MLS is outlined since the number of military aircraft to be equipped with MLS will be determined by the minimum cost (and minimum service configurations) of the national MLS system. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0749505

Entities

People

  • George B. Litchford

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Electronic Aircraft
  • Landing Fields
  • Microwave Landing Systems
  • Microwaves
  • Military Aircraft
  • Standards
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design