ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ACTIVE ATCRBS MODE FOR BEACON COLLISION AVOIDANCE

The active ATCRBS Mode of BCAS was tested in a NAFEC airborne test bed. After conducting many flights for purposes of the system shakedown, design refinement, and the setting of parameters, a series of detailed data collection flights was run. The report presents first, the results of approximately 100 one-on-one aircraft encounters in which the ability of BCAS to give a proper maneuver command was examined; second, the results of one and one-quarter hours of data on targets-of-opportunity in the environment of the Washington, D.C. TCA; and third, an examination of flights with a controlled target aircraft in the airspace near NAFEC to explore the effects of antenna coverage. A comparison is made between the results obtained in Washington, those from NAFEC flights, and those from simulated scenarios fed into the operating processor. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  MITRE Corporation

  Bedford, MA  United States 
• Authors:
  • SPENCER, N A
  • Ebert, P M
  • Moses, L T
• Publication Date: 1977-10-28

Media Info

• Pagination: 133 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air traffic control radar beacon system; Assessments; Crash avoidance systems; Performance tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airborne
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169240
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MTR-7645, FAA-RD-77-151
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA69NS-162
• Files: NTIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 2002 12:00AM