ACCURACY TEST OF AN AIR-TO-AIR RANGING AND BEARING SYSTEM

This report covers the accuracy test of a system designed to measure, display, and record air-to-air range and bearing measurements between in-flight aircraft. Data acquired from flight tests using reference measurements described in the report showed the estimated standard deviation range of error to be 100 feet, reducible to 60 feet via software smoothing of data. The standard deviation of bearing error was 2.4 . It is concluded that the system is well within specifications. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  NATIONAL AVIATION FACILITIES EXPERIMENTAL CENTER

  ATLANTIC CITY, NJ  United States 
• Authors:
  • Luciani, V J
• Publication Date: 1977-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Air; Antennas; Computer programs; Digital computers; Errors; Radiation patterns; Rangefinders; Tactical air navigation system; Vehicle range
• Uncontrolled Terms: Antenna radiation patterns
• Old TRIS Terms: Air to air; Air to surface; Aircraft antennas; Bearing direction; Digital systems; Range distance; Range finding
• Subject Areas: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00167004
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-NA-77-16, FAA-RD-77-59
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2002 12:00AM