Title :
Innovative aircraft/ship visual landing aid (VLA) test tool
Author :
Richards, Robert A.
Author_Institution :
Stottler Henke Associates, Inc., San Mateo, CA
Abstract :
Stottler Henke has developed VERTICAL (VLA experimental resource for testing innovative configurations and lightings) for the US Navy. This test and design tool is being used to support vertical takeoff and landing/rotorcraft ship visual landing aids (VLA) test and design at the test team members´ work area. This effort has been accomplished by utilizing MS Flight Simulator, FSUIPC, C++, and OpenFlight. This paper describes the productized version, whose prototype was originally described in an IEEE Aerospace 2005 paper
Keywords :
aerospace simulation; aircraft landing guidance; aircraft testing; military aircraft; military computing; ships; FSUIPC; MS Flight Simulator; OpenFlight; VERTICAL; aircraft visual landing aid; rotorcraft ship visual landing aids; ship visual landing aid; vertical landing; vertical takeoff; Aerospace control; Aerospace simulation; Aerospace testing; Aircraft; Decision making; Floods; Graphical user interfaces; Marine vehicles; Meteorology; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9545-X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2006.1656020
