pROST
Main objectives
- Portable test medium for testing RF communications of the aircraft
- Increase capacities of test and its quality
- Being able to test the characteristics of the weather radar within the FAL
- Beacon Detection (Beacon)
- Radar sensitivity
- Radar range
- Reduction in the time required for testing
- Early error detection
- Avoid delays until the plane can fly
- Time and money savings during test processes
- Capacities for the complete test of the meteorological radar inside hangar used in aeronautical installations
- Design and development of an absorbent hood to provide safe indoor test conditions
- Implementation of a GUI software for simulation of atmospheric scenarios
- Development of an electronic system to generate echo for the weather radar
- Development of an array of antennas and RF system to generate echo that is represented on the radar screen installed in the aircraft
- Bell attenuation capabilities tested successfully
- RF systems tested successfully
- Digital processing system successfully tested:
- ECO smart
- 6-pulse and 2-pulse beacon generation (beacon
- Functional alpha version of the HMI
- HMI-HW protocol in development
- CATSBUS protocol in development
Integration phase already started
