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8127656 General purpose pneumatic power module  
A pneumatic launch system includes a manifold that stores pressurized gas and releases the pressurized gas on command to sequentially open the store retention hooks and eject the store. The...
8115149 Gun launched hybrid projectile  
A Hybrid Projectile is provided for delivering an explosive payload to a target wherein the Hybrid Projectile may be steered in flight using relatively inexpensive means. The Hybrid Projectile is...
8112224 Guidance system for an aircraft  
The guidance system (1) comprises a first means (2) for guiding the aircraft while maintaining a spacing with another aircraft, a second means (3) for making the aircraft pass through a particular...
8089033 POD launched unmanned air vehicle  
A method and apparatus for attacking a plurality of dispersed targets are herein presented. In particular, the method and apparatus herein presented allow the user to upload target data onto a pod...
8078395 Control system for automatic circle flight  
A flight control system for an aircraft is configured for receiving command signals representing commanded values of a location of a geospatial point and a radius about the geospatial point for...
8068943 Inertial signals for flight control backup mode  
A flight control system is provided that includes a reference system and flight control actuators. The reference system includes one or more sets of gyroscopes and accelerometers. At least one set...
8068949 Vehicle control system including related methods and components  
An unmanned aerial vehicle variable autonomy control system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a control mode interface that provides a plurality of selectable control modes for...
8065044 Vehicle guidance system  
A vehicle guidance system comprising: a measurement system; a processor arranged to receive information from the measurement system and convert said information into at least one time-to-contact...
8061650 Automatic control systems for aircraft auxiliary power units, and associated methods  
Systems and methods for operating aircraft power systems are disclosed. A power system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an aircraft auxiliary power unit and a controller...
8052096 Multi-mode unmanned and manned vehicle systems and methods  
An apparatus for converting a manned aircraft of a type including at least one pilot control capable of manipulation to affect operation of the aircraft for unmanned flight operations includes...
8050808 Method and device for limiting the roll command of an aircraft as a function of a thrust asymmetry  
The device includes a calculation unit to automatically calculate an overall thrust moment of the engines which represents a thrust asymmetry of the engines of a multi-engine aircraft, a...
8046118 Converter for converting a load factor command into a longitudinal attitude deviation instruction  
The invention relates to flight control systems for aircraft, which have large control loops delivering load factor commands and which are applied to flight controls more suited to the following by...
8025255 Aircraft piloting method and device for picking up a vertical profile of a flight plan  
An aircraft piloting method and device for picking up a vertical profile of a flight plan. The device combines a manual piloting device that enables a pilot to control the start of the picking-up...
8024080 Automated throttle control system  
A throttle control system that is compensated for mountain wave conditions includes an auto throttle computer and a detector for detecting the pitch or pitch angle of the aircraft. The computer is...
8019492 Operator fine tracking assist using sensor derived inputs  
A preferred embodiment of a method for fine-tracking operator assistance for controlling movement of an object toward a target combines an operator input for guiding the object toward the target...
8010243 Method and device for lightening loads on the wing system of an aircraft in roll motion  
A device used in an aircraft with an electrical flight control system to reduce load applied to the wing during a lateral roll maneuver, by comparing a roll control with a threshold, and filtering...
7991517 Systems and methods for detecting and managing the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft  
A method for policing and managing the operation of a flying, unmanned aircraft in the event of usurpation of control of, malfunction of, or ill-intentioned use of, this aircraft includes the steps...
7979199 Method and system to automatically generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan  
A method to generate a clearance request to deviate from a flight plan comprising receiving input from at least one flight-plan-relevant source, determining a revised flight route based on the...
7969110 Compensation actuator for a rotorcraft flight control  
The invention relates to an actuator having an (auto)synchronous rotary electric motor and a reversible speed-reducing gearbox coupled to the motor to be driven in rotation thereby An outlet shaft...
7970502 Apparatuses and systems for controlling autoflight systems  
Apparatuses and methods for controlling autoflight systems are disclosed herein. An apparatus for use with an aircraft having an autoflight system can include an autoflight performance selector...
7954765 System and method for in-flight adjustment of store ejector gas flow orificing  
A store ejector is adapted for in-flight adjustment of the pitch attitude imparted to a store by a pair of ejector pistons. The pitch attitude of the store is adjustable to correspond to a flight...
7946528 Flight control system especially suited for VTOL vehicles  
Flight control systems have plural control subsystems with redundancies organized so as to provide continued but degraded control power over critical aircraft flight operating parameters even if...
7908043 Method and device for active control of the roll of an aircraft  
A control device a determination device for determining a roll objective, and a calculation device for calculating, on the basis of the roll objective, a deflection order which is applied...
7904213 Method of assisting in the navigation of an aircraft with an updating of the flight plan  
The invention relates to a method of assisting in the navigation of an aircraft comprising a step for updating a flight plan according to a new clearance received on board by a ground/onboard...
7891605 Automatic control systems for aircraft auxiliary power units, and associated methods  
Systems and methods for operating aircraft power systems are disclosed. A power system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an aircraft auxiliary power unit and a controller...
7835824 Systems and methods for detecting and managing the unauthorized use of a unmanned aircraft  
A method for policing and managing the operation of a flying, unmanned aircraft in the event of usurpation of control of, malfunction of, or ill-intentioned use of, this aircraft includes the steps...
7818127 Collision avoidance for vehicle control systems  
A method and apparatus for at least semi-autonomously controlling a vehicle so as to avoid collisions are provided. A sensor is utilized to scan an area proximate the vehicle for a potential object...
7784741 Multi-mode unmanned and manned vehicle systems and methods  
An apparatus for converting a manned aircraft of a type including at least one pilot control capable of manipulation to affect operation of the aircraft for unmanned flight operations includes...
7726610 Systems and methods for providing differential motion to wing high lift device  
Systems and methods for providing differential motion to wing high lift devices are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a wing having a leading edge, a...
7702429 Electric flight control system for aircraft elevators  
The invention relates to an electric flight control system for aircraft elevators. According to the invention, the flight control system can be controlled in terms of load factor or rate of pitch....
7693614 Airplane emergency navigational system  
An emergency navigational system that monitors the navigation of an aircraft by comparing actual flight parameter data to predefined flight parameter data to thereby determine if the actual flight...
7631834 Aerial robot with dispensable conductive filament  
This disclosure involves aerial robots that dispenses conductive filament or systems, methods, and software for support such aerial robots. One remotely powered aerial robot system includes an...
7624943 Multi-mode unmanned and manned vehicle systems and methods  
An apparatus for converting a manned aircraft for unmanned flight, the aircraft including at least one pilot control capable of manipulation to affect operation of the aircraft, the apparatus...
7510142 Aerial robot  
An aerial robot is disclosed. The aerial robot may include at least one pair of counter-rotating blades or propellers, which may be contained within a circumferential shroud or a duct. In one...
7510141 Autonomous control method for small unmanned helicopter  
An autonomous control method autonomously controls a small unmanned helicopter toward target values, such as a set position and velocity, by deriving model formulas well suited for the autonomous...
7475851 Method and apparatus for preventing an unauthorized flight of an aircraft  
A fly-by-wire (FBW) system (104) is coupled to cockpit controls (102) of an aircraft for controlling the aircraft, and an automatic flight control system (AFCS) (108) is coupled to the FBW system...
7463957 Method for operating an aircraft  
A method for operating an aircraft includes the steps of receiving guidance instructions and guidance parameters at a navigation computer, and transmitting automatic pilot instructions from the...
7430460 Method for determining roll rate gyro bias in an attitude heading reference system  
A method and computer program product for determining the roll rate gyro bias of an attitude and heading reference system from true air speed, heading rate and body accelerations using centripetal...
7422176 Method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed  
A method for ensuring the safety of an aircraft flying horizontally at low speed includes determining a lower speed threshold for the aircraft, measuring the actual speed of the aircraft and...
7418343 Relative navigation for precision rendezvous and station keeping using datalink signals  
A follower aircraft is guided to a lead aircraft using a datalink that determines range between the two. The lead aircraft has an antenna array and processing system for determining...
7367526 Device and system for assistance within interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment  
Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device...
7364116 Automatic control systems for aircraft auxiliary power units, and associated methods  
Systems and methods for operating aircraft power systems are disclosed. A power system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes an aircraft auxiliary power unit and a controller...
7350748 Modular construction of an aircraft control system  
Apparatus is disclosed for disabling on-board pilot operation of an aircraft and transferring aircraft operation to an alternate source of control. The aircraft has an aircraft control system for...
7343232 Vehicle control system including related methods and components  
Embodiments are disclosed for a vehicle control system and related sub-components that together provide an operator with a plurality of specific modes of operation, wherein various modes of...
H002206 Tactile side-slip corrective yaw control for aircraft  
Side-slip of an aircraft during flight is detected through a pair of pressure sensors fixedly mounted on opposite lateral sides of the aircraft fuselage. Pressure measurement signals at said...
7237747 Device for assisting an airplane in intercepting a segment of a flight path utilizing positional and ground speed indicators  
Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device...
7195200 Unmanned helicopter, takeoff method of unmanned helicopter, and landing method of unmanned helicopter  
An unmanned helicopter includes an altitude control device for giving a command of a collective pitch blade angle based on an altitude change rate command, etc., and performing altitude control of...
7183946 Safety aircraft flight system  
The present invention is a computer system designed to use the conventional devices and special programming of the present invention that will ensure the safe operation of aircraft. The present...
7014141 Unmanned airborne reconnaissance system  
An unmanned airborne reconnaissance system, the unmanned airborne reconnaissance system including a lightweight, portable, powered aircraft and a foldable launch rail, the aircraft, in a broken...
7010398 Control system providing perspective flight guidance  
A flight guidance system providing perspective flight guidance symbology using positioning and terrain information provides increased pilot situational awareness of the pilot's aircraft. The...
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