Novel illumination architectures based on nonimaging optics for low visual ground signature rapid deployment aircraft landing director

Lonnie Lindsey; Gajendra D. Savant; Tomasz P. Jannson

doi:10.1117/12.397754

28 August 2000 Novel illumination architectures based on nonimaging optics for low visual ground signature rapid deployment aircraft landing director

Lonnie Lindsey, Gajendra D. Savant, Tomasz P. Jannson

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Proceedings Volume 4022, Cockpit Displays VII: Displays for Defense Applications; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.397754
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Traditional methods of marking aircraft landing zones during combat deployment operations range from simple reflective panels and colored smoke to the more elaborate strobe lighting systems and active radio frequency transceivers. Downed pilots, pathfinders, and special operations personnel are in jeopardy of detection by unfriendly ground forces, active location/direction devices act as beacons to foes as well as friends. Even passive devices can have unacceptable detection profiles. A highly directional fiber optic-based miniaturized landing director minimizes the more undesirable consequences of high profile directional devices.

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Lonnie Lindsey, Gajendra D. Savant, and Tomasz P. Jannson "Novel illumination architectures based on nonimaging optics for low visual ground signature rapid deployment aircraft landing director", Proc. SPIE 4022, Cockpit Displays VII: Displays for Defense Applications, (28 August 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.397754

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