Runway incursion prevention system testing at the Wallops Flight Facility

Denise R. Jones

doi:10.1117/12.602327

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25 May 2005 Runway incursion prevention system testing at the Wallops Flight Facility

Denise R. Jones

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Proceedings Volume 5802, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2005; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602327
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

A Runway Incursion Prevention System (RIPS) integrated with a Synthetic Vision System concept (SVS) was tested at the Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) and Wallops Flight Facility (WAL) in the summer of 2004. RIPS provides enhanced surface situational awareness and alerts of runway conflicts in order to prevent runway incidents while also improving operational capability. A series of test runs was conducted using a Gulfstream-V (G-V) aircraft as the test platform and a NASA test aircraft and a NASA test van as incurring traffic. The purpose of the study, from the RIPS perspective, was to evaluate the RIPS airborne incursion detection algorithms and associated alerting and airport surface display concepts, focusing on crossing runway incursion scenarios. This paper gives an overview of the RIPS, WAL flight test activities, and WAL test results.

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Denise R. Jones "Runway incursion prevention system testing at the Wallops Flight Facility", Proc. SPIE 5802, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2005, (25 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602327

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