| Title | Deployment and evaluation of the Helicopter In-flight Tracking System (HITS) |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 47167 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Daskalakis, Anastasios; Martone, Patrick |
| Source | 162p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
Ames Research Center; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Publisher | Ames Research Center; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Publication Date | 20041231 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The Gulf of Mexico airspace has two major operating regions: low altitude offshore (below 7,000 ft) and high altitude oceanic (above 18,000 ft). Both regions suffer significant inefficiencies due to the lack of continuous surveillance during Instrument Flight Rules operations. Provision of surveillance in the offshore region is hindered by its low-altitude nature, which makes coverage by conventional radars economically infeasible. Significant portions of the oceanic sectors are inaccessible to shore-based sensors, as they are beyond line-of-sight. Two emerging surveillance technologies were assessed that are relatively low cost and can be deployed on offshore platforms Wide Area Multilateration and Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast. Performance criteria were formulated using existing FAA specifications. Three configurations were developed and deployed representative of systems serving full-size and reduced-sized domestic terminal areas and an en-route/oceanic region. These configurations were evaluated during nine flight test periods using fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. |
| Rosap ID | dot:9762 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/9762 |
| TRT Terms | Helicopters; Rotary wing aircraft; Airspace utilization; Offshore drilling platforms; Offshore platforms; Air traffic control; Radar air traffic control; Heliports; Deployment; Flight tests; Tracking systems |
| General Subjects | Visual flight rules; Multilateration and automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B); Gulf of Mexico |
| Classification | NTL - AVIATION - Air Traffic Control |
| Geographical Coverage |
Florida; Houston (Texas); Miami (Florida); Texas; Louisiana |
| Report Number | NASA/TM-2004-213447 |
| Availability | Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/47000/47100/47167/NASATM2004213447.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |