High Altitude Altimeter Flight Test
Abstract
The HAAFT program was conducted to obtain high altitude radar altimeter data that could be used in a feasibility assessment of High Altitude TERCOM (HATCOM). The HAAFT program involved collecting altimeter data over seven scenes with terrain altitude standard deviations ranging from 25 to 320 feet located in the vicinity of Edward AFB and Point Mugu, California. Two pulse and one FM/CW altimeters were operated simultaneously at nominal altitudes of 5, 20, 30, 45, and 65 kft, AGL. The aircraft three-dimensional position was measured and provided by the AN/FPS-16 radar sets at Edwards AFB and Pt. Mugu. The tracking data were later merged with the data recorded in the aircraft and stored on computer tapes. An inertial navigator was included in the flight test equipment to provide aircraft attitude, velocity, and position data. In addition to the normal altitude measurement data provided by the altimeters, the pulse return waveform for the pulse altimeters and the prediscriminator waveform for the FM/CW altimeter were processed to be recorded on television video cassette recorders.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA066904
Entities
People
- W. G. Martin
Organizations
- Martin Marietta