Airport Surveillance Radar Model 11 (ASR-11) FAA Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP).
Airport Surveillance Radar Model 11 (ASR-11) FAA Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP).

Author: Ronald Weber

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Published: 1998

Total Pages: 92

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The Airport Surveillance Radar, Model 11 (ASR-11) is a joint Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Department of Defense (DoD) procurement program with the United States Air Force (USAF) assuming overall lead responsibility. The DoD has designated their program as the Digital Airport Surveillance Radar (DASR). A joint FAA/DoD Test and Evaluation (T & E) program will be conducted in order to support a joint production decision. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the two agencies defines overall roles and responsibilities for each agency in accomplishing this effort. This ASR-11 Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) provides an overview of the joint FAA/DoD test program. It outlines the approach and philosophy to be implemented by the FAA to ensure that all FAA test requirements are met. It assigns responsibilities for each T & E phase, defines requirements for test readiness and acceptance, and identifies how each critical issue and major systems requirement will be tested. The FAA test program outlined in this TEMP will be accomplished in accordance with the Acquisition Management System (AMS) T & E Process Guidelines.

Airport Surveillance Radar Model 11 (ASR-11) System Test Plan
Airport Surveillance Radar Model 11 (ASR-11) System Test Plan

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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

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This document presents the plan for the system test of the Airport Surveillance Radar Model 11 (ASR-11) radar system at Stockton, California, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. System integration tests and system operational tests will be conducted in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acquisition Management System (AMS) guidelines to assess the ASR-11's is operational suitability and effectiveness when integrated into the National Airspace System (NAS) System integration tests address the ASR-11 interfaces with other NAS subsystems and the end-to-end performance of the ASR-11 when operated in NAS. These performance tests are designed to verify that the ASR-11 meets both NAS-SS-1000 and ASR-11 system requirements. System operational tests will measure the suitability and effectiveness of the ASR-11 operating in NAS.

Operational Test and Evaluation (OT & E) Operational Air Traffic Control Evaluation Plan for the Prototype Airport Surveillance Radar Wind Shear Processor (ASR-WSP) at Albuquerque International Airport
Operational Test and Evaluation (OT & E) Operational Air Traffic Control Evaluation Plan for the Prototype Airport Surveillance Radar Wind Shear Processor (ASR-WSP) at Albuquerque International Airport

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Published: 1993

Total Pages: 26

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratories (MIT- LL), operating in support of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Terminal Radar Program has developed a prototype Wind Shear Processor (WSP) modification to interface with Airport Surveillance Radars (ASR) 8 and 9. The WSP enables the ASR radars to automatically detect low altitude wind shear phenomena such as microbursts and gust fronts. This plan describes the methods, procedures, roles, and responsibilities in evaluating the operational suitability and effectiveness of an ASR-9 with the WSP modification in the high and dry climate of Albuquerque, NM. The suitability evaluation is limited to the performance of the WSP's displays in the human factors environment of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower and Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). ASR Wind Shear Processor (ASR-WSP), Human Factors Evaluation ATC Tower/TRACON, Microbursts and gust fronts.

Test and Evaluation of the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)-8 Wind Shear Detection System (Phase II). Revision
Test and Evaluation of the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)-8 Wind Shear Detection System (Phase II). Revision

Author: D. L. Offi

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Published: 1980

Total Pages: 40

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A wind shear detection system developed by the Wave Propagation Laboratory (WPL) to operate with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)-8 was installed and is being tested at the FAA technical Center. Initial efforts, previously reported in Report NA-78-59-LR, were directed toward hardware and software shakedown and feasibility determination. Second phase tests compared radar with aircraft and tower winds, evaluated the wind shear measurement capability under various weather conditions, and investigated the effectiveness of a simple two-azimuth pointing strategy and system capabilities and limitations. Results showed the system to be compatible with and to operate satisfactorily with the ASR-8. The processing and spectral display of clear air and precipitation returns is feasible. The accuracy of agreement between radar-measured winds and components of the aircraft-measured winds in both radially oriented flights and runway offset flights, using a two-azimuth pointing technique, was examined. Radar versus tower wind agreement was also examined. Potentially dangerous wind shears associated with weather during these tests were detectable. Certain system limitations also have been defined and considered. It is recommended that tests continue to complete definition of and demonstrate capabilities in all weather situations, to optimize performance, and to provide information to specify system design for possible development of a prototype model. (Author).