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Area of Science:

  • Aviation Technology
  • Radar Systems Engineering
  • Aerospace Safety

Background:

  • General Aviation safety relies heavily on pilot situation awareness, particularly visual perception.
  • Current technologies like Flarm require cooperative participation, leaving unequipped obstacles undetected.
  • Advancements in radar hardware, driven by autonomous vehicle needs, enable smaller, more efficient systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test the first portable primary radar system for enhanced General Aviation situation awareness.
  • To create a lightweight, low-cost, and low-power radar solution.
  • To focus on the software design crucial for the radar system's functionality.

Main Methods:

  • Described the physical principles of radar sensing and scientific steps for situation awareness.
  • Developed and integrated custom hardware and software for the portable radar system.
  • Conducted a flight experiment involving a small aircraft and a stationary ground-based radar.

Main Results:

  • The portable radar successfully detected a small aircraft up to a distance of at least 3 kilometers.
  • Achieved 3D localization with an average error of 46 meters at a distance of 1000 meters.
  • Demonstrated that applying a low-pass filter can further improve location estimation accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • A portable primary radar system is feasible for improving General Aviation situation awareness.
  • The developed radar system shows promising detection and localization capabilities.
  • Future work will involve testing the radar system in a mobile, operational capacity.