Three-dimensional landing zone joint capability technology demonstration

James Savage; Shawn Goodrich; Carl Ott; Zoltan Szoboszlay; Alfonso Perez; Joel Soukup; H. N. Burns

doi:10.1117/12.2048543

19 June 2014 Three-dimensional landing zone joint capability technology demonstration

James Savage, Shawn Goodrich, Carl Ott, Zoltan Szoboszlay, Alfonso Perez, Joel Soukup, H. N. Burns

Proceedings Volume 9087, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2014; 908707 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2048543
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The Three-Dimensional Landing Zone (3D-LZ) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) is a 27-month program to develop an integrated LADAR and FLIR capability upgrade for USAF Combat Search and Rescue HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters through a retrofit of current Raytheon AN/AAQ-29 turret systems. The 3D-LZ JCTD builds upon a history of technology programs using high-resolution, imaging LADAR to address rotorcraft cruise, approach to landing, landing, and take-off in degraded visual environments with emphasis on brownout, cable warning and obstacle avoidance, and avoidance of controlled flight into terrain. This paper summarizes ladar development, flight test milestones, and plans for a final flight test demonstration and Military Utility Assessment in 2014.

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James Savage, Shawn Goodrich, Carl Ott, Zoltan Szoboszlay, Alfonso Perez, Joel Soukup, and H. N. Burns "Three-dimensional landing zone joint capability technology demonstration", Proc. SPIE 9087, Degraded Visual Environments: Enhanced, Synthetic, and External Vision Solutions 2014, 908707 (19 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2048543

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