Radar Systems and Air Traffic Management

1. explain operation principles of radar system
2. define radar cross section
3. demonstrate methods for target coordinate determination
4. explain radar waveforms and signal procesing
5. explain military radar applications
6. explain electronic counter measures and counter-counter measures
7. Define basic terminology of air traffic managment, rules of the air.
8. State and explain air traffic services and air traffic control services units.
9. Classify and explain airspace types and relation to rules of the air and air traffic services.
10. Differentiate types of air traffic control and aircraft separation, state separation minima

Interactive work with students

Exercises are organized in 5 turns as fieldwork

Exercises in the Laboratory for air traffic control - FPZ

stručni posjeti

1. Lectures: historical development of radar systems, applications, frequency bands Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 1st lecture
2. Lectures: monostatic pulsed radar, distance measurement, azimuth, elevation and height measurement, radar displays Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 2nd lecture
3. Lectures: radar cross section, target detection, probability of detection and false alarm Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 3rd lecture
4. Lectures: analog and digital pulse integration, pulse compression Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 4th lecture
5. Lectures: MTI-radar, tracking radar systems Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 5th lecture
6. Lectures: secondary surveillance radar, automatic air traffic surveillance, multistatic and bistatic radar Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 6th lecture
7. Lectures: over-the-horizon radar, synthetic aperture radar Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 7th lecture
8. Lectures: electronic counter measures, electronic counter-counter measures Seminar: Examples and exercises related to the 8th lecture
9. Lectures: Air Navigation Services. Designated international legislation and regulations. ICAO. OAT and GAT airspace users. Exercises: Examples related to the 9th lecture
10. Lectures: Aeroanutical information service. ICAO location indicators. AFTN. e-AIP. NOTAM. Exercises: Examples of coding and decoding aeronautical information
11. Lectures: Rules of the Air. IFR.VFR. Air traffic services (ATS). Airspace and ATS routes. . Exercises: Examples and exercises related to the 11th lecture
12. Lectures: Aeronautical charts. Level in aviation. Vertical separtion. Radiotelephony communication. Exercisesr: Examples of aeronautical charts, pressure altitude, calculation of level
13. Lectures: Horizontal separation. Radar control and radar separation minima. SSR codes. Exercises: Practical exercises on BEST Radar ATC Simulator in the Laboratory for Control of Air Navigation at the Department of Aeronautics, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.
14. Lectures: Unusual and emergency situation in aviation. Alerting service. Search and rescue (SAR). Aircraft incidents and accidents. Exercises Practical exercises on BEST Radar ATC Simulator in the Laboratory for Control of Air Navigation at the Department of Aeronautics, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.
15. Lectures: Air traffic flow management. Airspace management. EUROCONTROL - network management. SES. FAB. Exercises: Practical exercises on BEST Radar ATC Simulator in the Laboratory for Control of Air Navigation at the Department of Aeronautics, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.