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)
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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