NAWCAD Photogrammetrics: Methods and Applications for Aviation Test and Evaluation

Abstract

Photogrammetrics, the science of extracting quantitative and qualitative data from multiple sequential recorded images, has been an integral part of flight test and evaluation at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) at Patuxent River, MD for over 35 years. Photogrammetrics analysis is used for evaluation of stores separation, carrier suitability, range tracking, overhead impact scoring, and mishap reconstruction. The NAWCAD photogrammetrics team is pursuing strategies to reduce the time and increase the accuracies of solution processes that historically have been labor-intensive, prone to repetition of effort, and difficult to present This paper describes how NAWCAD scientists have applied a clearly defined process for photogrammetrics efforts, and have implemented state-of-the-art hardware and software methodologies that reduce the turnaround time, increase the accuracy, and facilitate the delivery of custom formatted products to the flight test engineer's desktop.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA284074

Entities

People

  • Alec E. Forsman
  • John J. Shields
  • Robert F. Stancil

Organizations

  • Naval Air Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Pressure
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Cameras
  • Computer Science
  • Data Processing
  • Data Reduction
  • Engineering
  • Errors
  • Flight Testing
  • Measurement
  • Navy Aircraft
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Triangulation

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security