25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-6.3S

OPTIMUM FLIGHT TRAJECTORIES AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS FOR TERRAIN COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS

T. Sharma, C. Bil, A. Eberhard
RMIT, Australia

Keywords: collision avoidance, flight trajectory, 3D map

Military aircraft often fly in close proximity to terrain, which can result in controlled collision into terrain. In this paper, various methodologies are presented for computing optimal trajectories within a digital terrain 3D map to avoid collision. Two main issues are addressed. Various optimal flight trajectories are computed and analysed.

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