Airborne Electronic Terrain Map System: A Literature Review

Abstract

Currently, the United States Air Force is placing significant emphasis on low-altitude high-speed profiles for tactical aircraft survivability. In order to execute these terrain avoidance profiles, pilots require an efficient and credible source of terrain relief information for both accurate and safe navigation and to alleviate the high workload associated with the primary pilotage function. This report highlights many of the limitations of current airborne sources of cartographic information and describes a viable alternative--the Airborne Electronic Terrain Map System (AETMS). The AETMS consists of an in-the-cockpit, computer-generated, wide-area terrain map display, capable of providing forward-looking perspective and/or planimetric information. Because of the large integrated data base, real-time information source for many mission segments. The system is totally self-contained and passive, which precludes the possibility of jamming and reduces detection probability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA079402

Entities

People

  • Anthony J. Defrances
  • Gilbert G. Kuperman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Defense Systems
  • Display Systems
  • Flight Crews
  • Guidance
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Information Processing
  • Literature Surveys
  • Navigation
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems