Monocular Passive Ranging (Project Air Cyclops)

Abstract

This report presents the results of Project Air Cyclops, an evaluation of the Monocular Passive Ranging (MPR) System capabilities. The overall test objective was to determine the accuracy of the MPR system to estimate range to an afterburning jet plume. Air Force Institute of Technology requested this testing. The USAF Test Pilot School, Class 09A, conducted 2 ground tests totaling 8 hours and 11 flights totaling 11.4 hours at Edwards AFB, CA, from 1 September to 23 September 2009. All ground test objectives were met. The flight test objective was not met.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA532984

Entities

People

  • Brandon R. Abel
  • Ever O. Zavala
  • Joel R. Anderson
  • Kip E. Johnson
  • Louis M. Szczukowski

Organizations

  • Air Force Test Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Afterburning
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Camera Controls
  • Cameras
  • Control Panels
  • Data Reduction
  • Detectors
  • Dew Point
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Light Sources
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Range Finding
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Management

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