Selex Elsag to equip Danish AW101s with Laser Obstacle Avoidance & Monitoring

Selex Elsag to equip Danish AW101s with Laser Obstacle Avoidance & Monitoring

27-Dec-2011 Source: Selex Elsag

SELEX Elsag, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded an important contract to supply the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization with 8 LOAM (Laser Obstacle Avoidance & Monitoring) systems to detect obstacles in the low altitude flights that will equip the Royal Danish Air Force EH-101 helicopter fleet in Tactical Transportation configuration. The job order includes also testing and functional activities – in addition to the ones performed in the first months of this year -, which will be carried out during the delivery phase of LOAM systems.

Activities for the definition of further specifications will be executed in the first months of 2012; this will allow to configure equipment in accordance with all customer’s needs. The delivery is expected to occur in the last quarter of 2012.

These eight systems – six effective and two to spare -, will replace the devices currently used on the helicopters and supplied by SELEX Elsag in 2006. New devices have been updated both in hardware and software components; in particular they have been equipped with next generation microprocessors as well as more effective and high-performing algorithms.

LOAM: SELEX ELSAG INNOVATIVE OBSTACLE DETECTING SYSTEM

LOAM is an auxiliary system for navigation, designed for rotary wing platforms in order to detect dangerous obstacles along the flight path allowing the crew to adopt beforehand contingent and effective countermeasures; it guarantees a higher level of safety in the low altitude flight. LOAM is able to identify different classes of obstacles: cables, wires and all “thin” obstacles, electric or not (telephone wires, electric lines, etc.); poles, high and thin obstacles, for instance trees; wide structures and surfaces, for instance buildings.

The device operating system is based on an eye-safe laser radar, which periodically scans the area surrounding the flight path, detecting possible obstacles; sophisticated processing algorithms permit to extract the obstacle features and to provide the crew with information by means of dedicated interfaces.

SELEX Elsag boasts a deep knowledge of avionic products and customers’ operational needs, gained during more than 40 years of co

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