REGAL TEST PROGRAM SUPPORT

REGAL TEST PROGRAM SUPPORT

Active / Technical Report | Accession Number: AD0600826 |

Abstract:

The report presents the engineering results of the REGAL test evaluation program. The basic objective of the program was to determine the feasibility of the REGAL system, using an interferometer antenna, to provide airborne derived elevation angle and range data capable of providing accurate guidance for the purpose of landing aircraft. Comprehensive static and dynamic testing has revealed that REGAL has an elevation accuracy of 0.03 degrees for all angles 0.25 degrees above the mean ground plane and that the range techniques present the ability to approach within or - 50 feet or 1, whichever is greater, of the actual range. The latter part of the program was used to determine how well REGAL actually performed in a landing system. Over two hundred completely automatic landings were achieved using four different type aircraft, all equipped with different type landing computers and autopilots.

Author(s):

No Author(s) Identified

Author Organization(s):

ITT GILFILLAN INC LOS ANGELES CA

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Mar 1960-June 1963

Supplementary Note:

DOI: 10.21236/AD0600826

Pagination:

0109

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Contract/Grant Number(s):

FAA-BRD245

Monitor Series:

XD

Subject Terms

Joint Capability Areas:

JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_6.1.1_Wired Transmission; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_4_Logistics

Modernization Areas:

Microelectronics

Communities of Interest:

Air Platforms

Descriptor(s):

*AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, *POSITION FINDING, *ALL WEATHER AVIATION, *APPROACH INDICATORS, FLIGHT TESTING, RELIABILITY, FLIGHT, ANTENNAS, FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS, AUTOMATIC PILOTS, AIRCRAFT LANDINGS

Field(s)/Group(s):

Flight Control and Instrumentation, Air Navigation and Guidance

Keyword(s):

AUTOMATIC LANDING SYSTEMS, REGAL

Report Date:

1964 Apr 22