Model Tests on an Integration Method of Collision Avoidance and Radio Communication Systems with Helmet-Mounted Imaging Systems in Order to Increase Safety of Air Transport Systems

Abstract

Modern integrated avionic systems include, among others, helmet-mounted data presentation systems, the main objective of which is to improve situational and tactical awareness of a pilot on the modern battlefield. A completely new issue related to the helmet-mounted data imaging is the use of imaging the information obtained from collision avoidance and radio communication systems. The electronic (computer) integration of individual devices forming an integrated avionic system uses digital data buses, in which information (including alarm signals, radio operating parameters, voice commands) can be provided directly “in front of the pilot’s eyes” in the helmet-mounted imaging systems. The paper presents the results of the model tests, within the framework of the reliability of information obtained from the selected collision avoidance and radio communication systems, carried out in the Air Force Institute of Technology. It also discusses the selected methods and systems applied in order to support the pilot in terms of warning of a collision risk situation (monitor imaging) and the selected analysis results of the probability of the aircraft collision in the controlled airspace. The SWPL-1 Cyklop helmet-mounted flight parameter display system (constructed in the Avionics Division of Air Force Institute of Technology) and proposals of imaging the selected parameters from the collision avoidance and radio communication systems on military helicopters of the Polish Armed Forces were presented.