A system and method is provided that displays graphical symbology that enables a pilot to rapidly discern (1) that a neighboring aircraft is a rotorcraft, and (2) whether the rotorcraft is hovering. The provided system and method enables a user to define hovering, by editing a position change (distance) within a predetermined time.

The disclosure relates to airport stand arrangement comprising: a display; a radar-based system; and one or more additional systems selected from laser-based systems and imaging systems, wherein the radar-based system and the one or more additional systems together form a combined system, wherein the airport stand arrangement is configured, based on output data from the combined system, to detect and track an aircraft within a stand area when the aircraft is approaching a stand within the stand area for parking at a parking position therein, and configured, based on the detection and tracking of the approaching aircraft, to provide pilot maneuvering guidance information on the display for aiding a pilot of the approaching aircraft in maneuvering the aircraft towards the parking position.

A system including a radar system. The radar system may include a transmit antenna, a receive antenna, and a controller. The controller may be configured to: determine or obtain information indicative of at least one of a phase of flight or an environmental condition; determine or obtain information indicative of a mission associated with the determined phase of flight and/or environmental condition; and based at least on the determined mission and the determined phase of flight and/or the environmental condition, tune radar parameters of the radar system to values to fulfill the determined mission associated with the determined phase of flight and/or environmental condition. The radar system may be reprogrammable by tuning the radar parameters to operate over any of a collection of phases of flight, any of a collection of environmental conditions, and any of a collection of missions.

Devices, methods, and systems for aircraft detection, tracking, and docking using three-dimensional sensor data are described herein. One method includes capturing, by a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor, LIDAR sensor data of an aircraft while the aircraft is approaching a docking area of an airport, receiving, from the LIDAR sensor, the sensor data of the aircraft while the aircraft is approaching a docking area, retrieving, by a computing device, a simulated two-dimensional image of the aircraft generated based on simulated data of the aircraft, tracking, by the computing device, a position of the aircraft while the aircraft is approaching the docking area using the LIDAR sensor data and the simulated two-dimensional image, and displaying an image including the position of the aircraft while the aircraft is approaching the docking area to provide navigation guidance to a pilot.