'Socrates' Sensor System Hears Wake Vortices
A U.S. government and contractor team is developing a novel wake-vortex detection system employing laser beams that "listen" to the acoustic signals generated primarily by aircraft wingtip vortices. When combined with other sensors and weather-monitoring instrumentation, the system eventually could...
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