DEFINITION:

Contains all sub-domains concerned with surveillance technology and systems. Links with NAV – ‘Navigation/Flight Management/Autoland’.

(Source: ACARE Domain 706)

SUBDOMAINS:

1. Surveillance Analysis & Calibration Tools: Radar measurement, Radar calibration, Surveillance accuracy, Data fusion accuracy, Surveillance coverage, Height measurement, HMU, ADS accuracy, Surveillance integrity.

Comments: development of facilities and methods for the analysis and evaluation of surveillance systems and their processing systems. Include height measurement where it is a surveillance measurement/calibration issue.

2. Radar Surveillance and other independent sensors: Primary Radar, Secondary Surveillance Radar, Radar Antennas, E-Scan, Millimetre Wave Radar, Tracking Radars, Doppler Radars, Electronically Steered Radars, Wind Shear Detection (by radar), Wake Vortex Detection (by radar), Weather Radar, Mode-S Enhanced Surveillance, Specific sensors for SMGCS : microphones, laser, optical, proximity sensors etc…

Comments: studies of radar-based surveillance systems. Primary and secondary ground-based radars, antennas, sensors, technologies. Includes specialised radars for wind-shear and wake vortex detection applications, tracking radars, Mode-S for enhanced surveillance.

3. ADS & Data Link Surveillance: ADS SARPS, Automatic Dependent Surveillance, ADS, ADS-Broadcast, ADS-B, Aircraft derived data.

Comments: standards, specifications, validation and safety of subsystems, means to derive position, identity and state vector information. Include ADS-B and ADS applications using any datalink technology.

4. Surveillance Sensor Data Processing: Sensor Data fusion, ARTAS application.

Comments: validation methods, prototyping, sources of surveillance data, standards and procedures.