The tower-type FOD detection system is a comprehensive equipment based on the tower that integrates a new system millimeter wave detection radar and high-definition optoelectronic surveillance to obtain evidence. The millimeter wave detection radar adopts the patented arc synthetic aperture high-resolution imaging technology, which has the advantages of high detection sensitivity, long detection range, high positioning accuracy, high resistance to interference from rain and snow, low electromagnetic radiation, low comprehensive use cost, etc. The system software platform is complete and advanced, conforms to the airport business process, so it can be used for FOD monitoring in medium and large civil aviation airports and military aviation airports.

System composition

Airport runway foreign object debris detection system consists of three parts: intelligent FOD monitoring information processing, display and control subsystem, namely cloud data center, monitoring sensor subsystem and FOD removal operation subsystem.

Block diagram of airport runway foreign object debris detection system

The intelligent FOD display and control information processing cloud center consists of intelligent display and control platform software, intelligent FOD information processing cloud platform, user-side mobile FOD display and control terminal, electronic and communication subsystem, responsible for information processing,storing, display, equipment management and control, comprehensive processing and calculation of data detected by FOD sensor, data merging, FOD information management and display, FOD event recognition, management operation, FOD event mobilization processing and communication with airport air traffic control system.

The tower-type observation and perception sensorsubsystem is mainly composed of high-resolution arc synthetic apertureimaging radar, high-definition optical-electronic unit, radar and visual data intelligent edge computing unit and other parts. Basically, the radar detects the runway, the optical-electronic unit collects evidence, confirms and identifies, and performs fusion processing of radar and visual data.

The cleaning operation subsystem is mainly composed of FOD manual processing team and mobile FOD information display and control terminal, which is responsible for FOD disposal and FOD information recording and archiving.

Tower-type airport runway foreign object debris detection radar and opto-electronic device

Technical parameters

Frequency range:92~94 GHz

Max. detection range: ≥ 420 m

Azimuth coverage: 360° or specified sector

Range resolution: 7.5 m

Azimuth resolution: 0.15°

Data update cycle: ≤ 30 s

Target positioning accuracy: ≤ 0.2m

Minimum size of detected target: 10mm

Detection Ability: ≥ 97%

Main features

The advanced synthetic aperture arc radar imaging system is adopted, with high image resolution, high detection sensitivity and high positioning accuracy;

Compared with the traditional real aperture imaging system, radar has high resistance to "flicker" interference such as rain and snow, low electromagnetic radiation, high reliability and safety of use;

No need to process large-size real aperture antenna with high gain, low total cost;

The system platform software covers the tasks of all stages, such as detection/evidence collection/statistics/analysis, conforms to the airport business process, can help dispatch FOD removal;

Can control in all directions 360° and simultaneously cover multiple runways/taxiways.