Present and future of vision systems technologies in commercial flight operations

Jim Ward

doi:10.1117/12.2228271

13 May 2016 Present and future of vision systems technologies in commercial flight operations

Jim Ward

Proceedings Volume 9839, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2016; 98390B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228271
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The development of systems to enable pilots of all types of aircraft to see through fog, clouds, and sandstorms and land in low visibility has been widely discussed and researched across aviation. For military applications, the goal has been to operate in a Degraded Visual Environment (DVE), using sensors to enable flight crews to see and operate without concern to weather that limits human visibility. These military DVE goals are mainly oriented to the off-field landing environment. For commercial aviation, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) implemented operational regulations in 2004 that allow the flight crew to see the runway environment using an Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) and continue the approach below the normal landing decision height. The FAA is expanding the current use and economic benefit of EFVS technology and will soon permit landing without any natural vision using real-time weather-penetrating sensors. The operational goals of both of these efforts, DVE and EFVS, have been the stimulus for development of new sensors and vision displays to create the modern flight deck.

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Jim Ward "Present and future of vision systems technologies in commercial flight operations", Proc. SPIE 9839, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2016, 98390B (13 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228271

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