Assessment of the Performance of an Active ATCRBS Mode for Beacon Collision Avoidance

Abstract

The active ATCRBS Mode of BCAS was tested in a NAFEC airborne test bed. After conducting many flights for purposes of the system shakedown, design refinement, and the setting of parameters, a series of detailed data collection flights was run. The report presents first, the results of approximately 100 one-on-one aircraft encounters in which the ability of BCAS to give a proper maneuver command was examined; second, the results of one and one-quarter hours of data on targets-of-opportunity in the environment of the Washington, D.C. TCA; and third, an examination of flights with a controlled target aircraft in the airspace near NAFEC to explore the effects of antenna coverage. A comparison is made between the results obtained in Washington, those from NAFEC flights, and those from simulated scenarios fed into the operating processor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 28, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047670

Entities

People

  • Leonard T. Moses
  • Ned A. Spencer
  • Paul M. Ebert

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Depression Angles
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • High Density
  • Measurement
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Power Levels
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test Beds
  • Transmitters

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space