28th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 23 - 28 September 2012, Brisbane, Australia
Paper ICAS 2012-11.2.1

FLIGHT TRIAL OF AN ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSE-AND-AVOID SYSTEM

L. Mejias, J. Lai, J. J. Ford
ARCAA, QUT, Australia

Keywords: detection algorithms, filtering techniques, filter banks,obstacle avoidance, sense-and-avoid

This paper presents an electro-optical (EO) sense-and-avoid system onboard a Cessna host aircraft. We present the closed-loop integration with the onboard aircraft autopilot as well as the system's approach to target detection and avoidance control. The results demonstrate the ability of system to automatically detect and avoid potential conflicting aircraft.

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