ROWS: Runway Occupancy Warning System

Runway Occupancy Warning System (ROWS) is testing the capability of a suite of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) sensors to detect and track aircraft and vehicles in an airport movement area. ROWS aims to prove the technological capability of a very low cost solution set that may be deployable to sites that cannot support a business case for Low Cost Ground Surveillance (LCGS). The ROWS program will evaluate the viability of using COTS sensors in a combined platform to detect and track aircraft or vehicles as well as to provide audible and/or visual warnings to pilots or controllers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Runway Incursion and Safety Portfolio Team

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $1126000.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
  Washington, DC    20024
• Project Managers:

  Timmons, Wes

• Principal Investigators:

  Higginbotham, Robert

• Start Date: 20120510
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 30644

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft separation; Airport runways; Sensors; Warning systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Commercial off-the-shelf; Ground contact
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01465281
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:57PM