The USAF Test Pilot School conducted flight tests to characterize the Weibel-manufactured Spaceport Arrival and Departure System (SPADS) radar functionality and performance for potential use as a single-station time-space- position information (TSPI) source. TSPI truth source data was measured with Advanced Range Data System (ARDS) pods for aircraft tracking, cinetheodolites for munition trajectory tracking and video bomb scoring (VBS) for bomb impact predictions.
Limited Characterization of the SPADS Radar System, Project 'START'
2005
63 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Missile Trajectories & Reentry Dynamics , Optical Detection , Tracking , Impact prediction , Radar , Flight testing , Video signals , Bombs , Scoring , Trajectories , Range finding , Ammunition , Information systems , Pilots , Ards(Advanced range data system) , Tspi(Time-space-position information) , Spads(Spaceport arrival and departure system) , Spads radar system , Ards pod , Vbs(Video bomb scoring) , Cinetheodolites , Radar characterization , Trajectory tracking , Video bomb scoring , Weibel radar , Aircraft tracking