RATIONALE FOR IMPROVING THE PROTECTION AGAINST MIDAIR COLLISIONS. VOLUME I. SUMMARY

The existing surveillance-based air traffic control system has been effective in preventing midair collisions, especially those involving air carrier aircraft. Improvements in this effectiveness can be achieved, in the short-term, thorugh mandatory carriage of altitude-encoding beacon (ATCRBS) transponders. To achieve the desired major improvements in collision prevention for public air transportation requires the addition of an independent backup capability to the primary ground-based system and a new capability beyond the limits of its surveillance coverage. These can be best achieved in the mid-term by an airborne BCAS system based on the mandatory carriage of altitude-encoding transponders. The BCAS design should permit a longerterm upgrading to the compatible DABS transponder and implementation of IPC in at least the dense traffic areas.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems Engineering Management, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Authors:
  • Israel, D R
  • BOCK, R F
  • Brennan, J L
  • Johnston, T M
  • JOLITZ, G
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 31 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control; Air traffic control radar beacon system; Air transportation crashes; Altitude; Aviation safety; Civil aviation; Coding systems; Cost estimating; Crash avoidance systems; Estimates; Fail safe systems; Measures of effectiveness; Optimization; Planning; Prevention; Radar; Radar air traffic control; Radio transmitters; Regulations; Transponders
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airborne; Backup systems; Compatibility; Effectiveness
• Old TRIS Terms: Coding
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133245
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-ED-75-1-Vol-1
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 23 2002 12:00AM