All-Weather Landing: New Radar To Help Aircraft Land in Low-Visibility Conditions

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GTRI researchers are investigating the use of millimeter-wave imaging radars that would allow aircraft crews to generate a pilot-perspective image of a runway even in zero-visibility conditions. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense Photo
GTRI researchers are investigating the use of millimeter-wave imaging radars that would allow aircraft crews to generate a pilot-perspective image of a runway even in zero-visibility conditions. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense Photo

Aircraft facing low-visibility conditions have traditionally been dependent on ground-based navigational aids to guide them to a safe landing. Even then, there were limits on the visibility conditions under which pilots were allowed to land.


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