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Positioning System Accuracy Assessment for the Runway Incursion Prevention System Flight Test at the Dallas/Ft. Worth International AirportNASA/Langley Research Center collaborated with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test a Runway Incursion Prevention System (RIPS) at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in October 2000. The RIPS combines airborne and ground sensor data with various cockpit displays to improve pilots' awareness of traffic conditions on the airport surface. The systems tested at DFW involved surface radar and data systems that gather and send surface traffic information to a research aircraft outfitted with the RIPS software, cockpit displays, and data link transceivers. The data sent to the airborne systems contained identification and GPS location of traffic. This information was compared with the own-ship location from airborne GPS receivers to generate incursion alerts. A total of 93 test tracks were flown while operating RIPS. This report compares the accuracy of the airborne GPS systems that gave the own-ship position of the research aircraft for the 93 test tracks.
Document ID
20040200982
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Quach, Cuong C.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 2004
Subject Category
Aircraft Communications And Navigation
Report/Patent Number
L-19062
NASA/TM-2004-213506
Funding Number(s)
WORK_UNIT: WU 23-728-60-30
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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