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16 matches · NASA NTRSAvionics And Aircraft Instrumentation
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Conference Paper
Flight Test Results of a Synthetic Vision Elevation Database Integrity Monitor
This paper discusses the flight test results of a real-time Digital Elevation Model (DEM) integrity monitor for Civil Aviation applications.
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Conference Paper
DTED Integrity Monitoring Using Differential GPS and Radar Altimeter
This paper discusses a real-time digital terrain elevation data (DTED) integrity monitor for Civil Aviation applications. Providing pilots with Synthetic Vision (SV) displays containing terrain information has the potent…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Conference Paper
Real-Time Integrity Monitoring of Stored Geo-Spatial Data Using Forward-Looking Remote Sensing Technology
Terrain Awareness and Warning Systems (TAWS) and Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) provide pilots with displays of stored geo-spatial data (e.g. terrain, obstacles, and/or features).
- NASA NTRS 2019 AFRC Conference Paper
Correlating Computed and Flight Instructor Assessments of Straight-In Landing Approaches by Novice Pilots on a Flight Simulator
The rising cost of flight training and the low cost of powerful computers have resulted in increasing use of PC-based flight simulators.
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Conference Paper
The Dangers of Failure Masking in Fault-Tolerant Software: Aspects of a Recent In-Flight Upset Event
On 1 August 2005, a Boeing Company 777-200 aircraft, operating on an international passenger flight from Australia to Malaysia, was involved in a significant upset event while flying on autopilot.
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Flight Test Comparison Between Enhanced Vision (FLIR) and Synthetic Vision Systems
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 NTRS 2019 LaRC Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Flight Testing an Integrated Synthetic Vision System
NASA's Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) project is developing technologies with practical applications to eliminate low visibility conditions as a causal factor to civil aircraft accidents while replicating the operational…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Pathway Concepts Experiment for Head-Down Synthetic Vision Displays
Eight 757 commercial airline captains flew 22 approaches using the Reno Sparks 16R Visual Arrival under simulated Category I conditions.
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Other - Patent
Integrated Collision Avoidance System for Air Vehicle
Collision with ground/water/terrain and midair obstacles is one of the common causes of severe aircraft accidents. The various data from the coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS Integration Unit, terrain data base, and object detectio…
- NASA NTRS 2019 HQ Other - Patent
In-Flight Pitot-Static Calibration
A GPS-based pitot-static calibration system uses global output-error optimization. High data rate measurements of static and total pressure, ambient air conditions, and GPS-based ground speed measurements are used to com…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Conference Paper
Toward Head-Up and Head-Worn Displays for Equivalent Visual Operations
A key capability envisioned for the future air transportation system is the concept of equivalent visual operations (EVO). EVO is the capability to achieve the safety of current-day Visual Flight Rules (VFR) operations a…
- NASA NTRS 2019 LaRC Abstract
Toward Head-Worn Displays for Equivalent Visual Operations
The Next Generation Air Transportation System represents an envisioned transformation to the U.S. air transportation system that includes an "equivalent visual operations" (EVO) concept, intended to achieve the safety an…
- NASA NTRS 2019 ARC Technical Memorandum (TM)
Context-Aware Intelligent Assistant Approach to Improving Pilot's Situational Awareness
Faulty decision making due to inaccurate or incomplete awareness of the situation tends to be the prevailing cause of fatal general aviation accidents.
- NASA NTRS 2018 GRC Other
Inflight and Preflight Detection of Pitot Tube Anomalies
The health and integrity of aircraft sensors play a critical role in aviation safety. Inaccurate or false readings from these sensors can lead to improper decision making, resulting in serious and sometimes fatal consequ…
- NASA NTRS 2018 LaRC Other
Crew/Automation Interaction in Space Transportation Systems: Lessons Learned from the Glass Cockpit
The progressive integration of automation technologies in commercial transport aircraft flight decks - the 'glass cockpit' - has had a major, and generally positive, impact on flight crew operations.
- NASA NTRS 2011 LaRC Conference Paper
Market Assessment of Forward-Looking Turbulence Sensing Systems
This viewgraph presentation provides a cost benefit analysis of three next-generation forward-looking turbulence sensing systems: X band turbulence radar system for convective turbulence, LIDAR based turbulence systems t…