Design and flight test of 35-gigahertz radar for terrain and obstacle avoidance

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 261-263

  Zelenka, Richard E ^a,c   Almsted, Larry D ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HONEYWELL TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; RADAR DISPLAYS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

MILLIMETER WAVE (MMW) RADARS; RADAR GENERATED GRID DISPLAYS; TERRAIN AVOIDANCE; TERRAIN/OBSTRUCTION DATABASE (TOD);

AIRCRAFT RADAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0031096876     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.7574     Document Type: Article

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