Abstract:
A method for manipulating aircraft flight plan segments is provided. A result of an avionics calculation, such as a flight plan sequencing, is selected from among a plurality of results determined by a plurality of systems executed in parallel and placed in competition, each system communicating to at least part of the other systems conditions to be satisfied by the result of a calculation, the method comprises the steps of a given system from among the plurality of systems shares its own calculation result with at least one other system only if its own calculation result satisfies the conditions received from at least one other system. Developments describe various modalities of negotiation and/or selection of the results, the switch to independent and/or the deactivation of a system, voting and/or weighting mechanisms. Software and system aspects are described.
Abstract:
A method allowing an aircraft to follow a lateral path with a determined safety level. The method consists in determining a 3D corridor around a predicted path of the aircraft, based on at least one computed safety distance. If the safety corridor conflicts with at least one obstacle in a terrain and obstacle database, the vertical flight profile of the aircraft is modified in order to increase the altitude of the aircraft, to avoid obstacles while keeping lateral path constant.
Abstract:
A method for securing a ground speed used for guiding landing of an aircraft by determining a ground speed of the aircraft and determining a landing guidance instruction based on the determined ground speed. Next, estimate the vertical speed of the aircraft and limit, during guidance along a glide path having a descent angle, the determined ground speed as a function of the estimated vertical speed. The guidance instruction is based on the limited ground speed. Further, measure the height of the aircraft and compare it with a threshold height. If the measured height is greater than the threshold height, limit the ground speed as a function of acceleration measurements. If the measured height is below the threshold height, limiting the ground speed as a function of the estimated vertical speed and as a function of acceleration measurements of the aircraft taken once threshold height has been crossed.
Abstract:
An unmanned aircraft includes three parallel beams extending in at least one longitudinal direction X from a rear side to a front side of the aircraft, the central beam forming a main fuselage containing a powertrain, with a propeller of diameter D configured to be driven by the powertrain being attached to a front end of the central beam, each side beam being at a distance L/2 from the central beam and each side beam supporting a radar at a front end of the beam.
Abstract:
Said control system comprises: a remote device comprising: a remote module for acquiring flight plan data, and a remote module for calculating a remote trajectory or a remote setpoint according to the flight plan data; an on-board device comprising: an on-board module for acquiring flight plan data, an on-board module for calculating an on-board trajectory or an on-board setpoint according to the data acquired by the on-board acquisition module. The remote device comprises a module for validating the trajectory which is configured to: acquire the on-board and remote trajectory or setpoint; validate or reject the on-board trajectory or setpoint according to the remote trajectory or setpoint; transmit the result of the validation to the on-board device.
Abstract:
The method comprises a step of simultaneous scanning the list of elements of each flight plan comprising for each given pair of a first scan index and a second scan index, a comparison between the first flight plan element whose position index corresponds to the first scan index and the second flight plan element whose position index corresponds to the second scan index, according to the following sub-steps when the first element is identical to the second element, adding at least one of said elements in a resulting list with a “no difference” marker; otherwise, adding in the resulting list, the first element with a marker “removed” and the second element with a marker “added”.
Abstract:
A method for diagnosis of a loss of control of an aircraft comprises the steps: loading raw data; loading parameters of the aircraft; computing a plurality of reference data comprising a preprocessing comprising for at least one reference datum a sub-step of computing a phase advance term; determining the characteristic thresholds indicative of loss of control; detecting at least one type of loss of control by comparing the reference data with characteristic thresholds; and, when at least one type of loss of control is detected: identifying the type of priority loss of control corresponding to the type of loss of control exhibiting the highest priority level, and communicating the type of priority loss of control to a crew.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of assisting in the checking of at least one flight plan among at least a first flight plan and a second flight plan, each flight plan being associated with an ordered list of elements. The method comprises the steps of comparing flight plans in order to identify among the elements associated with said plans, common elements for all the plans and distinctive elements for each flight plan, and to display, a first comparative zone comprising a tree structure defining a plurality of levels, each level comprising a single root formed from one of the common elements or a branch for each flight plan, at least one of the branches in a same level comprising at least one of the distinctive elements associated with the corresponding flight plan.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a system for aircraft navigation along a predetermined airway, including an on-board navigation system supplying a positioning integrity of the aircraft during flight relative to said airway respecting an expected position precision performance level, and at least one on-board radio receiver on the aircraft suitable for communicating with at least one land-based radio beacon suitable for supplying a distance of the aircraft relative to said radio beacon. The system includes a module configured to obtain, from a current position of the aircraft and stored data, a tuple of radio beacons to be used, a module configured to obtain a distance measurement of the aircraft relative to each of the N radio beacons of said tuple, a module configured to compute an integrity position from distance measurements obtained by a predetermined computing method, and a module configured to use the computed integrity position as current integrity position.
Abstract:
This method for determining an obstacle avoidance guidance law for an aircraft is implemented by a system for determining said guidance law. The aircraft comprises a collision avoidance system adapted to detect a collision risk with the obstacle and said determination system. This method comprises determining one or more set points from among flight path angle and speed set points, at least one set point depending on at least one vertical speed limit value, at least one set point comprising a vertical component in a vertical direction, each limit value being provided by the collision avoidance system following the detection of a collision risk with the obstacle; and computing the avoidance guidance law as a function of the determined set points. During the determination step, at least one determined set point comprises a longitudinal component in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the vertical direction.