Aircraft Collision Warning System.

Abstract

An aircraft collision warning system in which a low power pulsed laser system projects narrow bandwidth radiation into 4 pi steradians around an aircraft and a matched, narrow bandwidth receiver system, with a 4 pi steradian field-of-view which detects such radiation emitted from another aircraft within range of the receiver and activates appropriate warning.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1986
Accession Number
ADD012463

Entities

People

  • Raymond W. Conrad

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Collisions
  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Radiation
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy