Synthetic vision enhances situation awareness and RNP capabilities for terrain-challenged approaches

AIAA's 3rd Annual Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Forum

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kramer, Lynda J ^a   Prinzel, Lawrence J ^a   Bailey, Randall E ^a   Arthur, J J Trey ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LANDFORMS; NASA; SAFETY FACTOR; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES;

AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM; COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGERY; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES; REQUIRED NAVIGATION PERFORMANCE; SITUATION AWARENESS; SYNTHETIC VISION; SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEMS PROJECTS;

HEAD-UP DISPLAYS;

EID: 85086491473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-6814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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