Pegase – helicopter and aeronef navigation airborne system experiments

In the paper a prototype of a system for automatic landing of aircrafts and helicopters is proposed. The key requirement is to develop a completely autonomous system that does not depend on any kind of infrastructure or equipment, located outside the aircraft (like GPS, ILS, etc.). The idea is to control and navigate the aircraft using images, acquired by the camera, installed on the aircraft. The paper describes the structure and the properties of the proposed system and gives the overview of the international project within which the system is developed.