Flight test comparison between enhanced vision (FLIR) and synthetic vision systems

Jarvis James Arthur III; Lynda J. Kramer; Randall E. Bailey

doi:10.1117/12.604363

25 May 2005 Flight test comparison between enhanced vision (FLIR) and synthetic vision systems

Jarvis James Arthur III, Lynda J. Kramer, Randall E. Bailey

Proceedings Volume 5802, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2005; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604363
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Limited visibility and reduced situational awareness have been cited as predominant causal factors for both Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) and runway incursion accidents. NASA’s Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) project is developing practical application technologies with the goal of eliminating low visibility conditions as a causal factor to civil aircraft accidents while replicating the operational benefits of clear day flight operations, regardless of the actual outside visibility condition. A major thrust of the SVS project involves the development/demonstration of affordable, certifiable display configurations that provide intuitive out-the-window terrain and obstacle information with advanced pathway guidance. A flight test evaluation was conducted in the summer of 2004 by NASA Langley Research Center under NASA's Aviation Safety and Security, Synthetic Vision System - Commercial and Business program. A Gulfstream G-V aircraft, modified and operated under NASA contract by the Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, was flown over a 3-week period at the Reno/Tahoe International Airport and an additional 3-week period at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility to evaluate integrated Synthetic Vision System concepts. Flight testing was conducted to evaluate the performance, usability, and acceptance of an integrated synthetic vision concept which included advanced Synthetic Vision display concepts for a transport aircraft flight deck, a Runway Incursion Prevention System, an Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS), and real-time Database Integrity Monitoring Equipment. This paper focuses on comparing qualitative and subjective results between EVS and SVS display concepts.

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Jarvis James Arthur III, Lynda J. Kramer, and Randall E. Bailey "Flight test comparison between enhanced vision (FLIR) and synthetic vision systems", Proc. SPIE 5802, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2005, (25 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604363

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