Synthetic Vision-a view in the fog

Author

Burgess, Malcolm A. ; Hayes, Robert D.

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

13

Abstract

A program called the Synthetic Vision Technology Demonstration Program, which is aimed at evaluating and demonstrating technologies permitting aircraft to land in very low visibilities over a wide range of airports, is described. The idea is to provide an electronic image of the runway to the pilot on a head-up display with an overlay on the display of symbology providing all the navigation and performance information needed to fly and land the aircraft. Millimeter-wave radar, infrared sensor, head-up display, and airborne computer processing technologies are being tested. The theoretical performance of the system concept at 35 GHz is compared to the actual performance of the 35-GHz experimental demonstration system for typical approach and runway intrusion detection conditions.<>

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace testing; aircraft instrumentation; computer vision; computerised navigation; fog; infrared detectors; microwave landing systems; radionavigation; remote sensing by radar; 35 GHz; MM-wave radar; Synthetic Vision Technology Demonstration Program; airborne computer processing; aircraft; airports; electronic image; fog; head-up display; imaging radar; infrared sensor; landing; low visibilities; navigation; performance; runway intrusion detection; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft navigation; Airports; Displays; Instruments; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology; Radar imaging; Radar tracking; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.199814

Filename

199814