Abstract
The airport runway Foreign Object Debris (FOD) detection system allows small objects, which could potentially damage aircraft, to be automatically detected. We have been developing an FOD detection system based on the optically-connected 96 GHz distributed-type millimeter-wave radar sensor. In this paper, the performance of the 96 GHz millimeter-wave radar sensor for FOD detection is evaluated at an airport runway, referencing the international standard. Six different types of FOD samples, as specified in EUROCAE ED-235, are evaluated. These include a tire fragment, a light, a chunk of concrete, an M10 bolt and nut, a fuel cap and a piece of metal. All dimensions of the FOD samples are reduced by almost 50% compared those described in the document. The results confirm a detection probability for all FOD samples exceeding 95%.
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