Ruselectronics holding has developed a system for tracking aircraft landing on the deck of aircraft carriers and aircraft-carrying cruisers. The equipment will reduce wear of the arresting cables and improve pilot’s safety during landing.
The system is developed by Television Scientific Research Institute included in Ruselectronics. The new system measures the aircraft speed after deck touchdown and uses the obtained data to adjust the tension of the arresting cable — an aircraft braking mechanism. This will increase the cable wear resistance and reduce pilot's acceleration during landing.
The equipment may be used on the existing and future Russian heavy aircraft-carrying cruisers, and on Indian Vikramâditya and Vikrant aircraft carriers.
“Acceleration during deck landing is equal to 4g. The equipment and pilot are exposed to very high impact with the maximum cable forces and pilot exposure occurring at the 2nd or 3rd second of landing. Due to the arrester control, the new system will reduce the negative impacts, which will have a positive effect on pilot’s health and equipment life,” said Aleksey Nikitin, General Director of Television Scientific Research Institute.
