A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE HONEYWELL COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM. PHASE I. VOLUME I

The study analyzes two collision avoidance systems (CAS) developed by Honeywell: AVOIDS-1 designed for high performance aircraft and AVOIDS-2 designed for low performance aircraft. Both CAS were still undergoing refinements as of early 1973; therefore, the results reported here apply only to the specific versions studied. The two CAS use the Air Transport Association (ATA) collision avoidance logic and were evaluated in the 1971 FAA projection of traffic (800 aircraft) in 1982 in the Los Angeles basin. No attempt was made to evaluate the operational suitability of the ATA logic in the projected traffic. The CAS are asynchronous and employ beacon interrogator/transponder techniques, which can lead to mutual interference among the CAS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, AD-A021 950.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Defense Analyses

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  Federal Aviation Administration

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  Department of Defense

  Advanced Research Projects Agency
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• Authors:
  • Bagnall, JJJ
  • Dausin, L R
  • Turner, R D
• Publication Date: 1973-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 142 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Aircraft; Asynchronous control; Aviation safety; Beacons; Crash avoidance systems
• Identifier Terms: Avoids-1 (Collision avoidance system); Avoids-2 (Collision avoidance system)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airborne
• Old TRIS Terms: Asynchronous systems
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00094528
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-RD-73-151-1 Final Rpt, S-424-Vol-1
• Contract Numbers: DAHC15-73-C-0200
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 14 1976 12:00AM