Rotorcraft visual situational awareness (VSA): solving the pilotage problem for landing in degraded visual environments

Trevor Taylor

doi:10.1117/12.818536

6 May 2009 Rotorcraft visual situational awareness (VSA): solving the pilotage problem for landing in degraded visual environments

Trevor Taylor

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Proceedings Volume 7328, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2009; 73280G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818536
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

BAE Systems has developed a solution to the problem of helicopter low visibility landings. The passive part of the system displays 3-D conformal symbology on a tracked helmet mounted display. This provides the pilot with situational awareness while the helicopter is in brownout/whiteout conditions. A Millimetric Wave Radar detects any stationary or dynamic obstacles within the landing zone. The pilot is presented with a synthetic view of the area which is produced using advanced signal and display algorithms.

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Trevor Taylor "Rotorcraft visual situational awareness (VSA): solving the pilotage problem for landing in degraded visual environments", Proc. SPIE 7328, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2009, 73280G (6 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818536

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