FACULTY

APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES

DEPARTMENT

AIRCRAFT TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING

LEVEL OF STUDIES

UNDERGRADUATE

MODULE CODE

AE3250T

SEMESTER OF STUDIES

^6th

COURSE TITLE

  AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK

CREDIT UNITS

Lectures

2

2

Practice

1

2

COURSE TYPE

Specialty course

PRE-REQUIRED COURSES:

TEACHING AND EXAMINATION LANGUAGE

GREEK

THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDETNS 

COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

http://ahatzi.teiste.gr/?page_id=10

Learning Objectives

The course aims at understanging and analyzing the communication and navigation systems of civil and military aircraft and particularly their operation, their role on the aircraft and their interconnection. The course focuses on all means of communication (audio, visual, video, information data) and their transmission  (HF, VHF, UHF, satellite ).

After successfully completing the course, stuedent should be able to:

·                     identify the various communication systems on the aircraft and understand their particular functions.

·                     Describe the operation principles of aircraft communication and navigation systems

·                     apply their knowledge in order to execute basic design calculations for the determination of  communication quality in a wireless coupling. 

·                     Work individually or collectively for solving realistic problems related to aircraft telecommunication systems

General Skills

·                  Search, analysis and combination of data and information with the use of the necessary technologies

·                  Autonomous work

·                  Group work 

·                  Development of free, creative, critical thinking

Unit 1: ATC – Air traffic control system, description of intercommunication systems in the cockpit.  

Unit 2: Transceiver systems

AM receivers for homodyne reception, FM receivers, aircraft VHF/HF system transceiver

Unit 3: Transmission and Reception systems (HF, VHF και UHF)

Unit 4:   Typical aircraft communication and navigation systems I

ACARS-Communication ARINC and Addressing and Reporting System

AMDAR-Meteorological data reception system

SELCAL- Selective call system

ELT- Emergency location transmittrer

Unit 5: 5^η  TCAS-Traffic Collision Avoidance System

Unit 6:  Τυπικά συστήματα επικοινωνίας και ναυτιλίας α/φών II

ADF- Σύστημα αυτόματου προσδιορισμού κατεύθυνσης

VOR - Το πολυκατευθυντικό σύστημα πλοήγησης VOR

Unit 7: Typical aircraft communication and navigation systems II

ILS- Instrument Landing System

MLS- Microwave Landing System

DME-Distance Measuring Equipment

TACAN-TΑCtical Air Navigation

Unit 8:   Introduction to Satellite communications  (coupling of subsystems, satellites, Link budget)

Unit 9:   Aircraft Satellite communication systems

Unit 10:   Satellite navigation systems  (GPS, Galilaio, Glonass and GNSS)

TEACHING METHOD

Face to face, in the classroom

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

·                     Support of learning procedure through the use of e-class platformΥποστήριξη

·                     Use of Internet

TEACHING ORGANIZATION

STUDENT EVALUATION

End-of-semester examinations including either written examination or public presentation.

Written examinations are carried out in Greek and include:

•    Shor answer questions or multiple choice questions

•    Problem solving questions referring to calculation of wireless coupling parameters. 

-Suggested Bibliography :

Βιβλίο [32998396]: Συστήματα Επικοινωνίας Αεροσκαφών, Χατζηευφραιμίδης Αντώνης

Aircraft Communication and Navigation Systems, Mike Tooley and David Wyatt, 2009

Brian Kendal, “Manual of Avionics”, Blackwell Science, 1999.

Keith W. Bose, “Aviation Electronics”, Jeppesen, 1983.

James W. Wasson, “Avionic Systems – Operation and Maintenance”, Jeppesen, 1994.

D. H. Middleton, “Avionic Systems”, Longman, 1989

Cary R. Spitzer, “Digital Avionic Systems – Principles and Practice”, McGraw Hill, 1993

Cary R. Spitzer, “The Avionics Handbook”, Lewis Publishers, Inc. 2000

Myron Kayton, Walter Fried, “Avionics navigation Systems”, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

John R. Newport, “Avionic Systems Design”, CRC Press, 1994

Albert Helfrick, “Principles of Avionics”, Avionics Communications Inc. 200