Analysis and design of a new control system for aerodrome azimuthal guidance – The SAGA

Abstract: This master thesis work consists of the development of new hardware and software for the control box of an azimuthal guidance system used by aircrafts during the approach to the runway. The thesis work was done at Safegate International AB as a project running along the usual development projects. When designing electronics to be used on an airfield there are a lot of regulations and standards that need to be taken into consideration. To ensure the project turned out to match the demands, some project management documents where drafted, both documents that specified requirements and documents that specified different tests to ensure the prototype did what it was supposed to. As the project finalized, two prototypes of control boxes were installed and working on one azimuthal guidance system. These prototypes included full documentation and changes to existing manuals to be able to make the new control boxes part of the Safegate experience.