HiVision millimeter-wave radar for enhanced vision systems in civil and military transport aircraft

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3088, Issue , 1997, Pages 8-18

  Pirkl, Martin ^a   Tospann, Franz Jose ^a  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approach; Autonomous navigation; Enhanced vision system; HUD; Imaging sensor; Landing; Low visibility; Military air transport; Millimeter wave radar; Situational awareness

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; RADAR; RADAR IMAGING; SENSORS; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT; VISIBILITY;

APPROACH; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; ENHANCED VISION SYSTEM; HUD; IMAGING SENSOR; LOW VISIBILITY; MILITARY AIR TRANSPORT; MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS;

MILITARY RADAR;

EID: 58649085692     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.277234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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