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RF Radiation Environment Over Millstone Hill

14-Dec-2009

46 pages

Authors: T A Cott; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH LEXINGTON LINCOLN LAB

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This report documents a study of the RP radiation environment in the vicinity of the Lincoln Space Surveillance Complex radars. The focus of this HOPEhe study is a model-based analysis of the hazards to occupants of aircraft flying in the vicinity of the radars, comparing computed exposure levels with safety standards for the general public set by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Interface Design Description for the Multi-Mode Magnetic Detection System

21-Nov-2008

69 pages

Authors: Rich Tobaben; Don King; Jim Manning; POLATOMIC INC RICHARDSON TX

This interface design Description (IDD) specifies the design for all internal and external software configuration item interfaces on the Multi-Mode Magnetic Detection System (3MDS), and documents the partition of related software development tasks between Polatomic, Inc. (PI) and Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (AST). 1.2 System Overview. The goal of the 3MDS project is to develop and demonstrate a real-time airborne magnetic detection system that is Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based. The ...

Test Operations Procedure (TOP) 7-3-057 Pitot-Static System Calibrations

10 APR 2008

35 pages

Authors: ARMY AVIATION TECHNICAL TEST CENTER FORT RUCKER AL

This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) describes the test requirements, objectives, responsibilities, and techniques/methodologies required to perform pitot-static system calibrations. This TOP is used for rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. The TOP will facilitate test planning, execution, and data collection using two techniques (trailing device and pace) and the equipment required to complete pitot-static system calibrations. Variations in platform requirements are discussed within this TOP. These guidelines, along with platform specific capabilities ...

Requirements of the Expeditionary Strike Group's Fixed Wing Aircraft

19-Feb-2008

19 pages

Authors: M Greene; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

The concept of the F-35B, Short Take Off/Vertical Land (STOVL) variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) cannot be considered complete until the design of the aircraft is evaluated in light of the demands to be placed upon the aircraft and its crew during future expeditionary warfare. A review of the normal mission and the operational environment of the Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) proves that expeditionary warfare demands more capability ...

Unmanned Aerial Systems: The Future of Marine Fixed Wing Aviation

19-Feb-2008

15 pages

Authors: Angela R Hooper; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

As the most advanced military in the world, the United States has maintained a reputation for combining advanced technology with sound tactics. At the forefront of today's technological advances is the development of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Enhancements in UASs have transformed the current battle space with innovate tactics, techniques, and procedures. These developments are now providing combatant commanders support capabilities such as persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and timely and ...

Wide Area UXO Screening with the Multi-Sensor Fixed-Wing Airborne System MARS

Feb-2008

83 pages

Authors: Stephen Billings; SKY RESEARCH ASHLAND OR

This project is being conducted to demonstrate and certify a fixed-wing platform for deploying low altitude remote sensing technologies that can be used to help meet the increasing demand on the Department of Defense (DoD) for low-cost, high-resolution wide area assessment (WAA) of former and active military facilities contaminated with unexploded ordnance (UXO). The Minimum Altitude Remote Sensing (MARS) system can provide DoD the ability to characterize large sites cost ...

Unsteady Aerodynamic Models for Flight Control of Agile Micro Air Vehicles

2008

5 pages

Authors: Clancy Rowley; PRINCETON UNIV NJ

Objective: Obtain models for unsteady aerodynamics of fixed-wing MAVs (e.g. incorporating dynamic stall, vortex shedding). Technical approach: Systematic models using approximate balanced truncation (balanced POD); empirical, phenomenological models that capture correct bifurcation behavior.

Acquisition of the Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile

06-Dec-2007

70 pages

Authors: INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA

Mission and System Description. The SLAMRAAM is an air defense system that the Army is developing to protect U.S. and friendly forces from aerial surveillance and air attack by cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned combat aerial vehicles, and rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft. The SLAMRAAM will provide the Army with the means to prevent enemies from penetrating friendly forces, while freeing commanders to synchronize movement and firepower. The Army will ...

Defense Science Board Task Force on Future Need for VTOL/STOL Aircraft

JUL 2007

162 pages

Authors: Jr. Howard William G.; Donald L. Pilling; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Since the start of the global war on terrorism, many operations involving U.S. forces have been supported by helicopters, to include combat operations, counterinsurgency operations, security operations, disaster relief, and humanitarian assistance operations. But in many cases, rotary wing aircraft have not been well suited to the mission. In fact, helicopter-related losses are among the leading causes of fatalities in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. In consideration of these facts, ...

Nonlinear Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery Techniques for Unmanned Systems

30 MAR 2007

238 pages

Authors: K. Khorasani; CONCORDIA UNIV MONTREAL (QUEBEC) DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

In order to avoid adverse consequences due to failures, it is desirable to have an advanced failure detection and isolation (FDI) system that detects and identifies anomalies early to minimize the damage, and that can remedy as many failures as possible. In complex systems, fault diagnosis is typically accomplished using a hierarchical approach. In our proposed autonomous unmanned vehicle (UAV) system, fault diagnosis, isolation and recovery (FDIR) is accomplished by ...

Physiological Responses to Heat Stress in the Joint Protective Aircrew Ensemble (JPACE) Coverall With Varied Protective Equipment

DEC 2006

37 pages

Authors: Bruce S. Cadarette; Leslie Levine; Scott B. Robinson; ARMY RESEARCH INST OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE NATICK MA THERMAL AND MOUNTAIN MEDICINE DIVISION

This study supported the Joint Protective Aircrew Ensemble (JPACE) Program, a joint service program including U.S Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Special Forces Command participation. JPACE addresses the below-the-neck chemical and biological (CB) protective garment needs for all fixed wing and rotary wing aviation personnel and combat vehicle crew (CVC) personnel. We evaluated heat strain in volunteers during exercise-heat stress experiments conducted while they ...

A Dual-Mode Noise-Immune Stethoscope for Use in Noisy Vehicles

NOV 2006

7 pages

Authors: Adrianus J. Houtsma; Ian P. Curry; John M. Sewell; William N. Bernhard; ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT RUCKER AL

In combat casualty and civilian environments, an unmet need exists for a stethoscope that can hear heart and especially breathing sounds while inside helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, or ambulances where noise levels preclude auscultation with standard stethoscopes. Without this capability, patients can suffer from unidentified collapsed lungs or loss of intubation integrity with the threat of loss of life. A conventional acoustic stethoscope will not function in background noise levels beyond ...

A Review of the History of Fire Suppression on U.S. DoD Aircraft

13 JUL 2006

38 pages

Authors: Donald P. Bein; NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND LAKEHURST NJ

As the Department of Defense's (DoD) Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program (NGP) culminates its research efforts, it is prudent to capture the history of fire suppression on DoD aircraft. This paper provides a synopsis of the history of fire suppression on DoD aircraft to provide a context against which the findings of the NGP can be assessed. The following aircraft fire suppression applications are reviewed: (1) power plant compartments, ...

A Generalized Approach to Soil Strength Prediction With Machine Learning Methods

JUL 2006

151 pages

Authors: Peter M. Semen; ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB

Current methods for evaluating the suitability of potential landing sites for fixed-wing aircraft require a direct measurement of soil bearing capacity. In contingency military operations, the commitment of ground troops to carry out this mission prior to landing poses problems in hostile territory, including logistics, safety, and operational security. Developments in remote sensing technology provide an opportunity to make indirect measurements that may prove useful for inferring basic soil properties. ...

Effect of Strain Rate on Ductile Fracture

JAN 2006

75 pages

Authors: Wojciech K. Nowacki; Stefan P. Gadaj; Jerzy Luckner; Zdzislaw Nowak; Piotr Perzyna; Ryszard B. Pecherski; POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WARSAW INST OF FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH

This report results from a contract tasking Institute for Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences as follows: The effect of strain rate on ductile fracture is one of the least understood phenomena in modern fracture mechanics. At the same time, information on ductile fracture under dynamic loading is very important for reliable prediction of fracture and fragmentation of high consequence structures. High-consequence structures are understood here as ...

Overview of the NAVAIR Spinal Injury Mitigation Program

OCT 2005

10 pages

Authors: Barry S. Shender; Glenn Paskoff; NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER MD

In order to enhance flight performance, numerous Naval and joint DoD development programs feature head-supported devices (HSD) for fixed and rotary wing aircraft, e.g. night vision goggles and displays. However, wearing these systems during long duration operations or while exposed to repeated shock, impact, ejection, and crash increases the risk of spinal injury. Factors that affect injury tolerance include the additional weight, which typically pitches the head forward, age, gender, ...

Fire Support Reform for the US Army

05-Jan-2005

8 pages

Authors: Terrence A Adams; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

The United States military is arguably the most powerful war machine ever constructed. With a standing army that is more that 1 million persons strong, to include the reserves, the United States Army has the ability to project combat power in any region of the world. The 82nd Airborne Division alone is able to put a brigade of paratroopers on the ground with all of its equipment and three days ...

Last Flight from Saigon. USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series, Volume IV, Monograph 6

2005

150 pages

Authors: Thomas G. Tobin; Arthur E. Laehr; John F. Hilgenberg; AIR FORCE HISTORICAL STUDIES OFFICE BOLLING AFB DC

The Southeast Asia Monograph Series is designed and dedicated to telling the story of the U.S. Air Force's participation in the Vietnam War. This monograph, the sixth in the Series, adds another exciting chapter to the continuing effort to bring forth and highlight the dedication, courage, and professionalism of the U.S. airman in combat. "Last Flight From Saigon" is an exciting and moving account of how all U.S. Services, as ...

The Aircraft Industry

2005

43 pages

Authors: Tim Fitzgerald; Noureddine Baiche; Mike Brewer; Al Collins; Kathy Knapp; Marilyn Kott; Duncan McGill; Dunstan Mensah; Mark Neighbors; Dee Reardon; INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC

The aircraft industry is continuing its recovery from the devastating effects of 9/11 and the associated economic slow down. As the airline companies prepare to buy new Boeing and Airbus passenger jets, they remain under intense pressure to cut costs in order to remain profitable, forcing aircraft and engine manufacturers to adopt austere measures. While airlines have seen improved financial statements, the recent increases in fuel costs have continued to ...

Logistics Enabler for Distributed Forces

AUG 2004

73 pages

Authors: Geoff Hope; Colen Kennell; NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER CARDEROCK DIV BETHESDA MD

The Advanced Logistics Delivery System (ALDS) is an advanced sea-based concept capable of providing rapid sustainment of goods and supply to dispersed military forces maneuvering ashore. The system consists of a shipboard mechanical launcher and an autonomous, unmanned glider designed to transport cargo such as food, ammunition, fuel and water. The glider is accelerated to high speed by the launcher. During its steep ascent, the kinetic energy provided to the ...

Navy/Marine Corps TacAir Integration Plan: Transformation or Reorganization for the Marine Corps It's the STOVL Imperative

19 MAR 2004

26 pages

Authors: Francis P. Bottorff; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

The Navy/Marine Corps TACAIR integration plan is an aggressive long- term initiative that will seamlessly meld the fixed wing tactical aviation assets of both the Navy and Marine Corps. If fully and successfully integrated the efficiencies gained could save billions over the next 15-17 years. The intent of this project is to fiscally and operationally review the planned integration and make change recommendations as appropriate.

Design of Autonomous Navigation Controllers for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Multi-Objective Genetic Programming

MAR 2004

182 pages

Authors: Gregory J. Barlow; NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV AT RALEIGH DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly popular for many applications, including search and rescue, surveillance, and electronic warfare, but almost all UAVs are controlled remotely by humans. Methods of control must be developed before UAVs can become truly autonomous. While the field of evolutionary robotics (ER) has made strides in using evolutionary computation (EC) to develop controllers for wheeled mobile robots, little attention has been paid to applying EC ...

That Others May Live: USAF Air Rescue in Korea

2004

60 pages

Authors: Forrest L. Marion; AIR FORCE HISTORICAL STUDIES OFFICE BOLLING AFB DC

When the Korean War began in June 1950, the United States Air Force's Air Rescue Service was a fledgling organization possessing a variety of aircraft types, most having seen service during World War II. The concept of using helicopters and amphibious fixed-wing aircraft to rescue airmen downed behind enemy lines or in hostile waters had gained little consideration by the Air Force and was largely unproven. But by the fall ...

Industry Study Paper: The Aircraft Industry, AY 2004, Seminar 2

2004

41 pages

Authors: Stephen H. Morris; Dominic Archibald; Gerry C. Berg; Edwin McDermott; Carl D. Rehberg; INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC

The aircraft industry now appears to have weathered the "perfect storm" of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), emerging somewhat battered but poised to begin a slow recovery in the coming years. Orders for new aircraft are up and thus revenues and profits should begin to climb in 2005, reversing declining trends since 2001. However, airlines remain under intense pressure to cut costs to ...

Flightfax: Army Aviation Risk-Management Information. Volume 31, Number 12, December 2003

DEC 2003

24 pages

Authors: ARMY SAFETY CENTER FORT RUCKER AL

This issue of Flightfax contains the following contributions: DASAF's Corner -- Safety Success in Korea: Leadership in Action reviews the aviation safety strategies in place in Korea that keep the accident rate there lower than in the Army at large; FY03 Aviation Safety Performance Review provides accident statistics for four helicopters and fixed wing aircraft; STACOMs are Back! provides trend information for the standardization of aircrew training programs that has ...

Access-to-Egress II: Subject Management and Injuries in a Study of Emergency Evacuation through the Type-III Exit

OCT 2003

28 pages

Authors: Cynthia L. Corbett; Garnet A. McLean; James E. Whinnery; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST

The ethical treatment of human research subjects is a requirement of federal regulations. Accomplishing this goal requires that important bilateral information-sharing between research staff and subjects occurs at all phases of the research process, and that significant safeguards are provided to minimize the potential for injury. This report presents an overview of subject- and injury-management procedures utilized during an aeromedical research project designed to assess the effects of changes in ...

Post-Processing for the Battlescale Forecast Model and Mesoscale Model Version 5

JUN 2003

57 pages

Authors: Jeffrey E. Passner; ARMY RESEARCH LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM

The Battlescale Forecast Model (BFM) produces many forecasting parameters including temperature, pressure, dewpoint, relative humidity, wind information, as well as precipitation amounts. While these output data provide valuable weather information Tactical Decision Aids such as the Integrated Weather Effects Decision Aids (IWEDA) have a need for additional parameters such as icing and turbulence. The IWEDA generates current and forecasted impacts on approximately 70 weapon systems, such as attack helicopters and ...

Factors Affecting the Retention of Junior Officer Fixed Wing Naval Aviators

JUN 2003

95 pages

Authors: Michael J. Supko; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

The purpose of this research is to examine and supplement the information the Navy uses to design policies geared to retain fixed wing aviators past their initial commitment. Currently, the ARGUS Career Milestone and Tracking System web-based survey is an important tool used by the Navy to study retention. However, this database does not disaggregate fixed wing aviators based on the platforms flown. Some factors that affect retention may be ...

Joint Terminal Attack Controller: Separating Fact From Fiction

APR 2003

30 pages

Authors: Robert G. Armfield; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL

Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan highlighted the dramatic, synergistic capabilities achieved by the Special Operation Forces (SOF) and airpower. Just prior to OEF, the Joint Chiefs of Staff had established an Executive Steering Committee, which adopted a grass roots qualification for ground forward air controllers (GFACs) called the Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) program. The JTAC program is designed to serve as a cross service driver s license or credentialization ...

Fast Aerodynamic Simulation for Military Procurement

MAR 2003

10 pages

Authors: M. Khalid; H. Xu; M. Mamou; S. Chen; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA OTTAWA (ONTARIO) INST FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH

Numerical simulation of airborne vehicle performance is of increasing importance to military. Such simulations become integral to procurement strategy when they can provide fast answers to performance related inquiries. Except for being able to identify the more challenging real time turbulence scales and other grid dependent issues related to complex configuration studies, the computational methods have matured to a stage where they are bringing virtues of different disciplines together, to ...

Wide-Area Ice Detection Using Time Domain Reflectometry

OCT 2002

37 pages

Authors: Norbert E. Yankielun; Charles C. Ryerson; Sarah L. Jones; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB

Ice accretion on the wings of fixed-wing aircraft and on the rotors of rotor-wing aircraft can have disastrous results. The ice that forms on a wing structure especially along the leading edge modifies the wing aerodynamics resulting in decreased lift. In the extreme this can lead to stall and loss of control of the aircraft and potentially a crash. Ice building up elsewhere on the wing rotor or airframe can ...

Army Aircraft Icing

SEP 2002

128 pages

Authors: Lindamae Peck; Charles C. Ryerson; C. J. Martel; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB

Icing is among aviation's most serious weather hazards because it renders aircraft unflyable before flight and severely reduces aircraft performance within flight. Army aviation is vulnerable to icing, which occurs most frequently at lower altitudes, and which generally has the greatest impact upon small fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters that fly slowly and low. Icing causes mission delays during ground deicing of aircraft and mission cancellations and abortions because of forecast ...

High Intensity Radiated Field External Environments for Civil Aircraft Operating in the United States of America

12 JUL 2002

141 pages

Authors: Frederick W. Heather; NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIV PATUXENT RIVER MD

NAWCAD Patuxent River, Maryland, was tasked by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to determine the High Intensity Radiated Field (HIRF) levels for civil aircraft operating in the U.S.. The electromagnetic field survey will apply to civil aircraft seeking FAA certification under Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Parts 23, 25, 27, and 29. The HIRF survey determined the Rotorcraft Severe, Fixed Wing Severe, Certification, and Normal Environments that civil aircraft may be ...

The STOVL Variant of Joint Strike Fighter: Are Its' Tactical Compromises Warranted?

01-Mar-2002

14 pages

Authors: G M Beisbier; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

The Marine variant of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will be a Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) fixed wing fighter attack platform that will make significant tactical compromises in order to maintain the Marine Corps? unique expeditionary force capabilities. These tactical compromises are necessary to ensure that future Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) possess an organic sea-based fighter attack platform capable of providing fires in support of future ...

Is the Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing Aircraft the Sole Tactical Air Solution for the Marine Corps

04-Feb-2002

11 pages

Authors: Funderburke; M A Juenger; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

Since the beginning of Marine Corps aviation, the Marines have had several fixed wing platforms to support the Marine Air Ground Task Eorce (MACTE) . With the present combination of the E/A-18 Hornet, AV-8B Harrier and EA-EB Prowler aircraft, the MACTE air command element is capable of accomplishing a multitude of missions under almost any condition. However, the traditional way in which Marine tactical air carries out its role is ...

Deployable Oxygen System (DOS)

22 AUG 2001

31 pages

Authors: Charles T. Robertson Jr.; AIR MOBILITY COMMAND SCOTT AFB IL

A. Overall Mission Area. In accordance with AF Policy Directive 10- 21, Air Mobility Command (AMC) is designated lead command for Aeromedical Evacuation (AE). As lead command, AMC provides evacuation of sick/injured patients, in peacetime and contingency operations, under the supervision of qualified medical crewmembers via fixed wing aircraft. The Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) mission includes provision of ground-based medical support for the full spectrum of medical care in ...

Marine TacAir and the STOVL Penalty: Myth or Menace?

APR 2001

60 pages

Authors: John O. Jordan; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA

The goals of the STOVL Program, which include basing flexibility, mission effectiveness, and survivability, can be met by means that (1) Do not require STOVL Capable Aircraft, (2) Exist within the current capabilities of military aviation, and (3) Surpass the capabilities of STOVL. Conventional land and carrier based aircraft have demonstrated the capability to function better than STOVL Aircraft from Sea and from forward deployed sites in combat. Simple, relatively ...

2001 Industry Studies: Aircraft

2001

23 pages

Authors: INDUSTRIAL COLL OF THE ARMED FORCES WASHINGTON DC

The United States aircraft industry continues to be a critical element of economic, political, and military power. It is second to none in export dollars and fills a place that cannot be substituted by any other industry. The U.S. aircraft industry was once dominant in the global aircraft market, but Europe has now reached a level of parity in commercial transport sales and is closing the gap in military and ...

Approaches to S&T Cost Modeling at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory/Vehicle Aeronautics Directorate

SEP 2000

20 pages

Authors: Robert Quaglieri; Max Blair; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

The mission of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is to lead the discovery, development, and transition of affordable, integrated technologies for our air and space forces -- to keep our Air Force "the best in the world". The Air Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/VA) is one of nine directorates within AFRL. VA develops and integrates fixed wing air vehicle technologies for the warfighter, and focuses resources to: (1) Demonstrate affordable and ...

Physics Based Simulation of Night Vision Goggles

Jul-2000

13 pages

Authors: Jeff Clark; Elizabeth Martin; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB MESA AZ HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS DIRECTORATE

Night vision goggles (NVGs) are a head-mounted, head-steered sensor designed to allow an aviator to operate at night with increased operational capability and situation awareness. NVGs greatly enhance an aircrew's ability to conduct night operations and are used extensively in both rotary- and fixed-wing operations. NVGs provide an intensified image of scenes illuminated by ambient energy that exists in the night environment. NVGs (generation III) amplify energy in a certain ...

Meeting the Accuracy Challenge in Airborne Bathymetry

01-Jun-2000

29 pages

Authors: Gary C Guenther; A G Cunningham; Paul E LaRocque; David J Reid; NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION/NESDIS SILVER SPRING MD

The essential qualities for a successful airborne lidar bathymeter are accuracy, capability, and cost effectiveness. Over the past twenty five years, developments in lasers, optics, electronics, and computers have made it somewhat easier to construct viable airborne lidar systems with varying purposes, and an increasing number are being constructed. Fewer than ten airborne lidar bathymeters exist in the world today, however, because of limited demand and because of the fact ...

FLIGHTFAX: Army Aviation Risk-Management Information. Volume 28, Number 4, April 2000. Spatial Disorientation

APR 2000

12 pages

Authors: ARMY SAFETY CENTER FORT RUCKER AL

This article is drawn from information from the Safety Center database, and from a study conducted for the Flight Safety Foundation of approach and landing accidents worldwide. Summary statistics, conclusions of the study, and approach tips and techniques are presented to highlight the risk involved and possible ways of assessing and dealing with that risk. USASC DATA A review of US Army Safety Center accident data of ...

An Aircraft Preference Study on the Application of Vector Maps in U.S. Navy Tactical Aircraft

2000

6 pages

Authors: Michael E. Trenchard; Maura C. Lohrenz; Stephanie S. Edwards; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MAPPING CHARTING AND GEODESY BRANCH

Cockpit digital map displays have long been considered a good situational awareness (SA) tool for the pilot. However, due to limited computational capabilities in tactical aircraft, most cockpit map displays have been limited to the display of digitized paper charts and imagery. One significant problem encountered by tactical aircraft pilots is map display clutter. Important mission planning and real-time overlays are often rendered over the map display during flight. The ...

High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) Risk Analysis

JUL 1999

25 pages

Authors: James R. Elliot; ELECTRO MAGNETIC APPLICATIONS INC DENVER CO

This report details the results of a study that has been completed to assess the risk of High-Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) to fixed-wing transport and nontransport aircraft in the U.S. The approach to the assessment of HIRF included the following elements: (1) Detailed information on 893 emitters and 5913 flights near Denver and Seattle; (2) Quantitative judgements from industry experts about onboard avionics with regard to type, properties, and response ...

Aircraft Depainting Technology

18 MAR 1999

37 pages

Authors: Joseph Kozol; Dayle Conrad; Steven Hartle; Gary Neumeister; Stephen Spadafora; NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIRCRAFT DIV PATUXENT RIVER MD

Chemical paint strippers historically used for aircraft contained toxic and hazardous components; aircraft depainting operations are a major source of hazardous waste generation in DOD. Federal and state agencies have begun to restrict using these hazardous materials and Government directives require significant reductions in hazardous waste generation. The Naval Air Systems Team has partnered with the Air Force at WR-ALC in investigating mature, advanced paint removal technologies and has taken ...

Procedures for Submitting Flight Loads, Launch, and Landing Data for theStructural Appraisal of Fatigue Effects Program

25 FEB 1999

27 pages

Authors: NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER MD

Automated Intelligent Pilots for Combat Flight Simulation

1999

16 pages

Authors: Randolph M. Jones; John E. Laird; Paul E. Nielsen; Karen J. Coulter; Patrick Kenny; Frank V. Koss; COLBY COLL WATERVILLE ME

TacAir-Soar is an intelligent, rule-based system that generates believable human-like behavior for large scale, distributed military simulations. The innovation of the application is primarily a matter of scale and integration. The system is capable of executing most of the airborne missions that the United States military flies in fixed-wing aircraft. It accomplishes this by integrating a wide variety of intelligent capabilities, including real-time hierarchical execution of complex goals and plans, ...

Practical Considerations for Fixed Wing Helmet-Mounted Display Symbology Design

1999

6 pages

Authors: Eric E. Geiselman; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH VISUAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS

Helmet-mounted displays (HMDs) may become a primary source of head-up information in future tactical aircraft. In evaluations, HMDs have produced improved situation awareness and mission performance. To realize this improved performance, HMD equipped pilots spend significantly more time looking off-axis, away from traditional displays. Accordingly, it is important that HMD information be designed so targeting and ownship status symbology is effective and safe. The U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory ...

Multiservice Procedures for Joint Air Attack Team Operations (JAAT)

JUN 1998

76 pages

Authors: ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORTMONROE VA

The multiservice JAAT is a coordinated attack by rotary- and fixed- wing aircraft, normally supported by artillery or naval surface fire support. Ground or airborne electronic warfare systems may also Support the JAAT. JAAT operations support the joint force commander (JFC) in offensive and defensive operations day or night.

Avionics System Development for a Rotary Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

JUN 1998

122 pages

Authors: Daniel S. Greer; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

The Naval Postgraduate School has developed a successful Rapid Flight Test Prototyping System (RFTPS) for the development of software for remote computer control of fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). This thesis reviews the work accomplished to mount sensors on a small remote controlled helicopter with instrumentation compatible with the RFTPS: an inertial measurement unit, a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, an altitude sensor and associated ...