27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-10.4.1

DESIGN AND PRELIMINARY PILOT ASSESSMENT OF A DIRECTIVE RUNWAY CONFLICT ALERTING AND RESOLUTION SYSTEM

A. Sammut, D. Zammit-Mangion*, B. Zammit
Univ. of Malta, Malta; *Cranfield Univ., UK

Keywords: conflict resolution, directive alerting, collision avoidance, take-off / landing performance

This paper describes the design and pilot evaluation of the Runway Collision Avoidance Function developed under the EU FP-6 programme FLYSAFE. The system monitors traffic, detects runway conflicts, determines an escape manoeuvre based on aircraft performance and generates an alert directing the crew to follow the intended manoeuvre.

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