An Operational Flight Test Evaluation of a Loran-C Navigator.

Abstract

This report presents the results of an operational test and evaluation of a Loran-C navigation system. The tests were performed in a Coast Guard HH-52A helicopter from 21 September to 19 October 1976. The flight test profiles, procedures and test objectives were developed to determine the applicability of the prototype Loran-C navigator to Coast Guard operations as well as to assess the functional and accuracy performance of the Loran-C navigator operating as an area navigation system in the National Airspace System. The operational testing reported in this document includes search and rescue missions as well as surveillance and enforcement missions. The former consisted of evaluating the Loran-C navigator during creeping line, sector, and expanding square search patterns. The latter involved performing low altitude hovers over fixed and movable objects and documenting Loran-C accuracy and repeatability. This latter data is also directly applicable to the operations of the off-shore oil industry.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA039498

Entities

People

  • Mimi Hughes
  • R. J. Adams

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Training
  • Guidance
  • Helicopters
  • Loran
  • Navigation
  • Recording Systems
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Space