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North American Bird Strike Advisory System, Russell Defusco, Michel Hovan, James Harper, Kurt Heppard
North American Bird Strike Advisory System, Russell Defusco, Michel Hovan, James Harper, Kurt Heppard
2009 Bird Strike North America Conference
The international aviation community recognizes the high human and economic costs associated with bird strikes. Hundreds of lives and millions of dollars have been lost in recent years because of this problem. Notably, aviation experts in North America recognize the importance and availability of potential solutions for this problem. Several models and systems such and the USAF’s Bird Avoidance Model (BAM) and the Avian Hazard Advisory System (AHAS) as well as the technological development of advanced radar and communications systems have made great progress in addressing the problem of bird strikes. However, many have argued that further and much greater …