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6278913 Automated flight data management system  
A data processing system for automating the process of managing flight data and generating reports based on that data. The system accesses flight data transmitted on an airborne databus, where the...
6275751 Smart docking surface for space serviceable nano and micro satellites  
A smart docking surface consisting of closely spaced cantilevered sensor/actuator structures capable of precisely repositioning an object having a ferro-magnetic surface in contact with the smart...
6272404 Flight path indicated apparatus  
A flight path display apparatus provided in a cockpit of an aircraft has a head-up display unit. An image combining panel of the head-up display unit displays a flight path image projected from...
6267326 Universal driver circuit for actuating both valves and ordnances  
A universal driver circuit is provided for actuating both valves and ordnances, such as the valves and ordnances carried by a missile or other unmanned air vehicle. The universal driver circuit...
6263263 Altitude correction for aircraft under non-ISA temperature conditions  
A new and useful apparatus for automatically correcting for the actual altitude of an aircraft, under non-ISA temperature conditions is provided. An apparatus according to the present invention can...
6259975 Flight control system for an aircraft particularly for a helicopter  
A flight control system for an aircraft, particularly for a helicopter receives a number of items of information, especially the position of flight control members of said aircraft, and sends,...
6259976 Fuzzy logic based emergency flight control with thrust vectoring  
A fuzzy logic based emergency flight control system for an aircraft. The system has a thrust vectoring flight control system, an aerodynamic flight control system, and a fuzzy logic controller. The...
6253126 Method and apparatus for flight parameter monitoring and control  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for three-dimensional flight control based generally upon measuring and comparing actual air pressures at or near various surfaces of an aircraft during flight....
6240341 Flight management system (FMS) with integrated bit mapped data charts  
An aircraft Flight Management System (FMS) simultaneously displaying FMS navigation data and geographically referenced bitmap data charts. The bitmap data charts are properly registered with the...
6236913 Method and device for inputting and controlling flight data  
6236912 Process and device for aiding aerial navigation, with display of navigation instruments used  
A process and device for assisting aerial navigation. The system affords the pilot of the aircraft greater knowledge regarding the situation which results from automatic decisions of a flight...
6216063 On-line μ method for robust flutter prediction in expanding a safe flight envelope for an aircraft model under flight test  
A structured singular value (μ) analysis method of computing flutter margins has robust stability of a linear aeroelastic model with uncertainty operators (Δ). Flight data is used to update the...
6208915 Method for low-fuel, computer-assisted control of any number of thrusters arranged on a spacecraft  
A method for the on the whole minimum-fuel, computer-assisted control of an optionally determined number of thrusters, arranged as desired on a spacecraft, is to be specified, which method solves...
6208914 System for improved receding-horizon adaptive and reconfigurable control  
A system for adaptive and reconfigurable control of aircraft and other complex objects and processes, herein referred to collectively as controlled "plants." A modified form of sequential...
6205378 Adaptive mass expulsion attitude control system  
An attitude control system and method operative with a thruster controls the attitude of a vehicle carrying the thruster, wherein the thruster has a valve enabling the formation of pulses of...
6202007 Exact stability integration in network designs  
A self starting predictor corrector method of arbitrary order is disclosed that uses exact stability integration in network designs for application in systems optimizing control of aircraft through...
6199028 Detector for human loss of tracking control  
A device is described which incorporates three components: a tracking error estimator, a detector, and a red light indicator to alert a pilot to the potential loss of tracking control. The tracking...
6195598 Power margin indicator for a rotary-wing aircraft, especially a helicopter  
A power margin indicator for a rotary-wing aircraft, intended to give information on the power margin available on at least one engine and one gearbox of the aircraft. The indicator includes: (a)...
6195599 Method and device for decoupling of the behavior of an aircraft, particularly a helicopter  
An apparatus and method for decoupling of the behavior of an aircraft which may determine a first control demand that is representative of the actuation of a control member, determine a transfer...
6188937 Methods and apparatus for annunciation of vehicle operational modes  
A vehicle control system contains a behavior annunciation function for generating a behavior mode output. The behavior mode annunciation system has a vehicle operational parameters database and a...
6181988 Guidance system having a body fixed seeker with an adjustable look angle  
A missile guidance system with a fixed body missile seeker having an adjustable look angle. The missile seeker has a fixed camera whose look angle is adjustable to keep a moving target within the...
6181987 Method of assistance in the piloting of an aerodyne  
The disclosed method is implemented by a system aboard an aerodyne comprising a processor, a terminal and memories in which there are stored all the information necessary for the carrying out of a...
6176451 Utilizing high altitude long endurance unmanned airborne vehicle technology for airborne space lift range support  
A mobile space lift range system using a ground control station and an unmanned airborne vehicle that relayed data to and from a space lift vehicle to control it. The unmanned airborne vehicle may...
6175783 Payload control system and payload controller for outer space vehicle payloads  
A payload control system and payload controller for a payload onboard an outer space vehicle having a host computer system are provided. The payload controller includes a unitary compact control...
6173219 Method for automatically controlling a vehicle for the lateral avoidance of a fixed zone  
A method for laterally avoiding a fixed zone in an aircraft. The contour of the zone to be avoided is modeled by a convex polygon shape. The planned route is located with respect to the modeled...
6168117 Flight control system for airplane  
A flight control system according to the present invention includes a vertical acceleration control device for calculating a pitch axis steering angle command to make a difference between a...
6163744 Aircraft flight correction process  
Modern flight control systems should be largely automated because of their complexity. A process is disclosed to automatically correct an originally planned aircraft flight after flight-relevant...
6160497 Visual display of aircraft data link information  
A display and methodology visually rendering digital data link communications between aircraft and other aircraft or ground stations. The display may be a TCAS type aircraft display residing in the...
6161062 Aircraft piloting aid system using a head-up display  
The invention relates to systems for aiding the piloting of aircraft, mainly for take-off and landing under poor conditions of visibility. In order to benefit from the contribution of head-up...
6154692 Spacecraft yaw pointing for inclined orbits  
A method for use in a spacecraft for controlling yaw angle deviations from a desired yaw angle profile. The method includes the steps of: (a) operating a profile generator to output roll angle,...
6151538 Control system  
A hybrid control system executes tasks within a transaction which is executed in a given order. The order in which the tasks are executed is inversely proportional to their deadlines. The deadlines...
6144899 Recoverable airborne instrument platform  
The recoverable airborne instrument platform accurately determines its present position and uses this data to execute a predetermined flight plan and ultimately guide its descent to a predetermined...
6141606 Wheel speed control system for spacecraft with rejection of null space wheel momentum  
A spacecraft attitude control system uses at least four reaction wheels In order to minimize reaction wheel speed and therefore power, a wheel speed control means system is provided. The wheel...
6134484 Method and apparatus for maintaining the integrity of spacecraft based time and position using GPS  
A method and apparatus for maintaining the integrity of spacecraft based time and position using GPS (11) is disclosed. A GPS receiver is provided with a Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitor...
6134500 System and method for generating optimal flight plans for airline operations control  
A system and method for generating a minimum-cost airline flight plan from a point of origin through a set of fix points to a destination point. A set of navigation airways from the point of origin...
6128556 CMG control based on angular momentum to control satellite attitude  
Control moment gyros in an array are rotated to reorient a satellite. Gyro angle is selected from one of three values based upon whether the stored angular momentum for the desired angle is below a...
6128553 Menu control knob  
A remote menuing system uses a control knob to select menu items on a display screen. The menu items may be selected by depressing a switch, the switch being integrated with the control knob. Once...
6128555 In situ method and system for autonomous fault detection, isolation and recovery  
A fault identification, isolation and fault recovery system autonomously controls spacecraft operational systems. A fault detection and isolation module monitors the operational systems, identifies...
6122569 Store interface apparatus  
A store interface for routing different types of store signal formats to multiple wing stations using pre-existing aircraft wing wiring. The store interface provides an interface between an...
6122572 Autonomous command and control unit for mobile platform  
In a vehicle designed for the execution of a mission, a programmable decision unit capable of managing and controlling the execution of the mission by utilizing a plurality of subsystems and...
6119058 Method and systems for controlling the service for an aircraft  
In a method and a device for controlling the servicing of an aircraft parked at a stand, the servicing is carried out from a plurality of servicing units which are stationarily arranged adjacent to...
6115656 Fault recording and reporting method  
A method for recording and reporting fault information pertaining to various components of an aircraft. The method involves recording a diverse plurality of information output from various line...
6112140 Flight management system providing for automatic control display unit backup utilizing structured data routing  
An improved aircraft flight management system includes a flight management computer (FMC), left and right control display units (CDU's) and a backup CDU. A triple redundant digital databus links...
6108593 Method and apparatus for estimating attitude sensor bias in a satellite  
A method and apparatus for estimating attitude sensor bias in a satellite system uses attitude sensors and a spacecraft control processor. Attitude sensors provide output signals, which may contain...
6097996 Method for the lateral avoidance of a mobile zone by a vehicle  
A method for avoiding a mobile zone by a vehicle. A vehicle laterally avoids a mobile zone using periodically supplied information relating to the zone to be avoided starting from an initially...
6094607 3D AIME™ aircraft navigation  
The apparatus of the present invention uses radar altimeter measurements and stored terrain altitude profiles to provide pre-filtered observations to a Kalman filter for estimating barometric...
6088632 Engine control system for an aircraft  
An engine control system for a first aircraft belonging to a family of aircraft which includes at least a second aircraft, the first aircraft having a maximum mass which is greater, within a...
6088633 Mobile body controlling gear  
A mobile body controlling gear is provided that can suppress an occurrence of yaw motion due to an offset when the P control is switched to the PID control. The yaw-axis control signal Ep is added...
6073062 Mobile terminal and moving body operation management system  
The present invention relates to an operation management system for a moving body such as a vehicle using a mobile terminal. The present invention reliably and accurately records the operating...
6064922 Untethered avionics kneeboard interface device  
A kneeboard interface device for use by a pilot of an aircraft in communicating with an avionics suite controller is disclosed. The kneeboard interface device includes a kneeboard controller...