Flight Test Evaluation and Analysis of an Optical IR PWI System

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• Creators:
  Phillips, C. ; Brandel, D. ; Concannon, P. ; Meyer, E.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air pilots
  • Warning systems
  • Collision avoidance systems
  • Navigation systems
  • Aviation safety
  • Human factors engineering
  • Infrared detectors
  • Optical devices
  • Performance tests
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-NASA-72-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-AVIATION-AVIATION
• Abstract:
  This report documents the flight test results of the optical ; infrared (IR) Pilot Warning Instrument (PWI) system conducted by the ; Transportation Systems Center as part of an FAA/NASA PWI development ; program. The test program is described and the flight test data presented. ; The data is analyzed and used to calibrate a model that is ; developed to characterize the system performance. The cumulative ; probability of detection versus range for a given system threshold is ; calculated and compared with the PWI performance specification defined ; by the Collision Prevention Advisory Group (COPAG). The comparison ; indicates that the Optical IR PWI system tested met the COPAG ; specifications for a detection likelihood of 95% for a 1 nmi range ; for an appreciable fraction of the testing time. Even under the ; worst testing conditions encountered, the range at which this detection ; likelihood occured was sufficiently large to demonstrate feasibility ; and to recommend a continuation of the development effort for ; this approach. A series of recommendations for improving system performance ; and obtaining additional information needed to characterize ; that performance are included.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10541/dot_10541_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.87 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fb0a0cc6c25536ac5f2bd2dac4a35186ae0177dc4e971e8abbcbefe23148171a