LANDING

Landing s/w for small-medium aircraft on small-medium airfield
EC Contract No.: EC-FP6-AST5-CT-2006-030905

In the EU-FP6 collaborative research project LANDING, a three-dimensional navigation aid for general aviation pilots was developed to provide navigational support for landing approaches in critical visibility at smaller airfields in all phases of the approach until safe landing by synthetic vision. The LANDING project developed a state-of-the-art solution for providing navigational information to the pilot. A key component of the LANDING capabilities is to provide the pilot with a three-dimensional virtual environment on a cockpit display that corresponds to the actual physical environment that the aircraft has at each position in three-dimensional space. LANDING is a system that consists of several hardware and software components that were supplied and integrated by the partners. The system has been thoroughly tested, including simulator tests and real flight tests in Bolzano, Lugano and Skiathos. The 2D and 3D geodatabases in different resolutions (LOD= level of details) required for the project were created by PSU in close cooperation with ESRI for the simulator and flight tests.

The geodatabase for LANDING integrates the following data components: (1) The georeferenced position of the aircraft using satellite positioning data (GNSS; EGNOS), (2) The resolution level-1, based on the input of digital information of the surrounding space from satellite and elevation data (RGB and radar data), (3) The resolution level-2, of the closer landing site environment, (4) The resolution level-3 based on high resolution 3D GIS data including high resolution orthophotos on high resolution LIDAR- DSM terrain model and all obstacles as input for the approach in the aerodrome turn and for the final approach , (5) The resolution level-4 with the 3D airfield data runway, taxiways and 3D buildings for ground navigation to the parking position. The methods and results developed in LANDING were validated by the real test flights to the extent that they could serve as a basis for the development of a marketable product (see follow-up project 3D Pilot).


In the following video you will find an application example for the LANDING project.


Landing for small-medium aircraft on small-medium airfield


Profile

Client
Funding program "Central Innovation Program for SMEs (ZIM)" of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) - Funding Module Cooperation Projects
Project partner

esri Deutschland GmbH / PSU - Prof. Schaller UmweltConsult GmbH
AEE Aircraft Electronic Engeneering GmbH
KEP3 AG
Technical University of Munich - Institute for Flight System Dynamics
Technical University of Munich - Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualization
University of Stuttgart - Institute of Navigation

Project period
2010 - 2011
Services PSU
Download
Landing_Präsentation.pdf
Presentation LANDING (only available in German)
Landing Poster 3 Flugtest Airport.pdf
Poster LANDING flight test (only available in German)
Landing Poster 2 Projektpartner.pdf
Poster LANDING project partner (only available in German)