This paper reviews work completed oil a value-judgment-based tactical air command system intended to dispatch missions from a limited supply in response to requests for immediate close air support. A Judged Utility Decision Generator (JUDGE) assumes tliat value judgments can be made explicitly and in real time by appropriately trained personnel, and that decision systems should maximize expecte...

This paper introduces the special effects of the new developed Regional Satellite Augmentation System (RSAS) as an integration component of the Global Satellite Augmentation System (GSAS) employing current and new Satellite Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) for improving Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Air Traffic Management and of GPS or GLONASS and enhancement of safety and emer...

Modern avionics provide a comprehensive human-machine interaction. The modern electronic displays are the key components of any glass cockpit based aircraft employing the state of art avionics and are being increasingly used due to two main reasons: firstly, the continuous advancements and improvements in the electronic display technologies, and second being the progressive changes in the onboa...

OBJECTIVES Exposure to aircraft noise has been shown to have adverse health effects, causing annoyance and affecting the health-related quality of life, sleep, and mental states of those exposed to it. This study aimed to determine sleep quality in participants residing near an airfield and to evaluate the relationship between the levels of aircraft noise and sleep quality. METHODS NEIGHBORIN...

Laser-based ultrasonic techniques have been investigated for the nondestructive testing of advanced aeronautic composite structures for more than twenty years. Several organizations have evaluated the technology at various levels during this period. In one case, EADS (formerly Aerospatiale) acquired, jointly with Dassault Aviation, a laser ultrasonic system from a now defunct provider. In anoth...

Remotely piloted aircraft (RPAs) provide highly effective capabilities – long loiter time, detailed sensing from great distance and an expendable platform. RPAs actively support military operations, homeland defense, firefighting, search and rescue operations, geophysical surveys, and commercial surveillance. Research is ongoing to maximize the utilization of existing assets in current and futu...

The major objective of the GARTEUR Action Group on Analysis Techniques for Clearance of Flight Control Laws FM(AG-11) is the improvement of the flight clearance process by increased automation of the tools used for modelbased analysis of the aircraft’s dynamical behaviour. What is finally needed are techniques for faster detection of the worst case combination of parameter values and manoeuvre ...

he Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft Program will recapitalize the Navy’s capabilities for Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance currently provided by the P-3 Orion fl eet. The P-3 has performed a variety of missions, including armed surveillance and reconnaissance tasking, for more than 30 years. Although onboard systems capabilities have been upgraded continually through the years, the aging P-3 f...

For comparative purposes, a 200 volt dc system for a large modern commercial aircraft has been designed and Its weight compared with that of a conventional three-phase ac system. To obtain necessary design informatlon, studies have been made of a 50 kW brushless dc generator, the problem of circuit Interruption, conversion equipment and brushless motors. The vulnerability of the system due to t...

INTRODUCTION Although anecdotal reports of G-induced loss of consciousness (G-LOC) in military aviation date back to before 1920, regular reporting did not begin until 1982. The effectiveness in the operational setting of G-LOC preventive measures, such as positive pressure breathing for G protection (PBG), has not been studied. METHODS We use the term "crash" to represent an event where the ...