Evaluation of Alternatives for Army Precision Landing System. Ground Guidance.

Abstract

This report deals with current and planned aircraft guidance systems as they apply to Army tactical precision landings in the combat environment. Self-contained avionics systems and less sophisticated systems have been evaluated. Ground guidance is defined as a means to safely, efficiently, and rapidly aid in the movement of aircraft from their transition point of landing to a final destination. The study addressed the following four tasks: 1) Review Army Requirements (Ground Guidance) by research of current documentation and by extensive interviews. 2) Identify alternative systems through specifications and discussions with government and industrial personnel. 3) Evaluate systems by conducting aviator and engineer evaluations. and 4) Identify and document best approach for Army use in the tactical environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA174093

Entities

People

  • C. Boyd
  • J. Gruhler
  • R. Lewsen

Organizations

  • ARINC

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Airframes
  • Army Aircraft
  • Automatic Direction Finders
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Defense Systems
  • Doppler Radar
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Guidance
  • Horizontal Situation Indicators
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design