Real-time radar signal processing for autonomous aircraft landing

Firooz A. Sadjadi; Michael A. Helgeson; Jeffrey D. Radke; Gunter Stein

doi:10.1117/12.160436

1 November 1993 Real-time radar signal processing for autonomous aircraft landing

Firooz A. Sadjadi, Michael A. Helgeson, Jeffrey D. Radke, Gunter Stein

Proceedings Volume 2027, Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations IV; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.160436
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Landing in poor weather is a crucial problem for the air transportation system. To aid the pilots for these conditions several solutions have been suggested and/or implemented including instrument landing systems (ILS) and microwave landing systems (MLS) that put the responsibility of the landing to a large extent in the hands of the airport facilities. These systems even though useful are not available due to their high costs even in a few major metropolitan airports. This shortcoming has generated interest in providing all weather capabilities not on the landing facility but on the vehicle itself. The Synthetic Vision System Technology Demonstration sponsored by the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the U.S. Air Force represents an effort to respond to the above needs. In this paper we present a summary of a typical synthetic vision system. This system consists of a scanning 35 GHz radar, a scanning antenna, a signal/image processor and a head up display (HUD). The pilot is presented a final perspective image of the scene sensed by the radar with associated flight guidance symbology. This system is implemented in real time hardware and has been undergoing tower and flight testing under a variety of weather conditions since early 1992.

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Firooz A. Sadjadi, Michael A. Helgeson, Jeffrey D. Radke, and Gunter Stein "Real-time radar signal processing for autonomous aircraft landing", Proc. SPIE 2027, Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations IV, (1 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.160436

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