CONDOR is a major joint US-UK project that will support a comprehensive demonstration of the functionality of current and future attack helicopters under day/night adverse weather conditions in a nap of the Earth environment. The aim of the program is to investigate the integration of a suite of avionics, sensors and displays for battlefield helicopters and to assess their effectiveness during ingress, egress and attack phases of the mission. The concept features a precision navigation system which together with a steerable sensor coupled visually, via a helmet-position sensing system, to an advanced helmet mounted display with a wide FOV, full colour and laser eye protection enables a virtual outside world overlaid with appropriate flight and mission information to the pilot. The program includes development and building of the advanced hardware, research into the human factors issues connected with their exploitation, symbology development coupled to a detailed application in a full mission scenario. Flight demonstrations are scheduled to take place in both the Lynx at DRA and, with subsequent testing in the U.S., to exploit a new full-authority FBW flight control system with mission configurable control laws.
Covert Night/Day Operations for Rotorcraft (CONDOR) Programme
1995
16 pages
Report
No indication
English
Mathematical Sciences , Attack aircraft , Helmet mounted displays , Human factors engineering , Military helicopters , Military operations , Nap-of-the-earth navigation , Radar detection , Research projects , Rotary wing aircraft , United kingdom , United states , Control theory , Daytime , Earth environment , Egress , Eye protection , Flight conditions , Flight control , Flight tests , International cooperation , Night vision , Foreign technology
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