Feature article: Robust Aerial Object Tracking from an Airborne platform

While the average remaining time to collision of about 20 s is quite promising, there are also a couple of scenarios where it drops below 10 s. The main issue there is generally the low contrast between the terrain as background and the approaching traffic aircraft-a result of the exceptional dynamic range if the sun is close to the camera FOV and shady terrain is visible at the same time. These s...