Infrared Runway Collision Avoidance System Analysis.

Abstract

Analysis of aircraft and ground mounted infrared devices for runway collision in low visibility conditions; Evaluation of IR signatures of commercial aircraft, strobes and beacons, and ground vehicles; Study of IR atmospheric transmisson and laser propagation in fog and haze; Design of a two-color IR system for jet engine detection; and Application of laser technology to obstacle detection in fog. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078131

Entities

People

  • G. H. Greenleaf
  • P. E. Powell

Organizations

  • Braddock Dunn & McDonald

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Collision Avoidance Systems
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Physical Theories
  • Scattering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy