The DABS Data Link Airborne Intelligent Display Operator's Manual,

Abstract

The Federal Aviation Administration is currently evaluating the Discrete Address Beacon System (DABS) which will provide increased air traffic safety in current and future air traffic conditions. In addition to improved surveillance accuracy and reliability, DABS provides a two-way data link between the DABS sensor and all DABS transponder equipped aircraft in view. A DABS data link avionics system, called the Airborne Intelligent Display (AID), was developed by M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory for the purpose of evaluating and demonstrating initial and future data link applications. The microprocessor-based AID system communicates with the DABS ground sensor through the DABS transponder onboard the aircraft. Data link information included in uplink interrogations to the transponder is decoded in the airborne microprocessor and then made available to the pilot on a high visibility cathode ray tube display. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092993

Entities

People

  • J. C. Anderson
  • J. L. Leeper

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Traffic
  • Airborne
  • Aircrafts
  • Beyond Visual Range Missiles
  • Cathode Ray Tubes
  • Data Links
  • Discrete Address Beacon Systems
  • Microprocessors
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reliability
  • Three Dimensional
  • Traffic
  • Transponders

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation