Abstract:
Automatic flight information determination device for automatically determining flight control information for an accompanying mobile machine accompanying a leader mobile machine, the said device being adapted for collecting the data pertaining to location of the leader mobile machine from among the data pertaining to the actual location derived from measurements relating to the current location of the leader mobile machine and the pertaining to the current trajectory of the accompanying mobile machine, and of determining, o the basis of the said location data collected, the information items for piloting the accompanying mobile machine as a function of a set of at least two values to be adhered to with respect to the location defined by the data collected, the said values to be adhered to being representative of the values included among: a minimum vertical/flight level separation value, a minimum longitudinal/along track separation value, and a minimum lateral/between tracks separation value.
Abstract:
A method, computer program and system are provided for calculating in an automatic manner a trajectory for rejoining a reference vertical profile of an aircraft. A reference vertical profile comprises a set of vertical constraints, and a method comprises a step of selecting an altitude constraint to be complied with, a step of calculating a vertical-profile prediction making it possible to comply with the constraint, a step of validating the vertical-profile prediction, if the vertical-profile prediction is validated, a step of applying the vertical-profile prediction, otherwise a step of determining the existence of a following altitude constraint to be complied with; if a following altitude constraint exists: a step of selecting a following altitude constraint to be complied with; a return to the step of detecting non-compliance with an altitude constraint; otherwise, a step of applying an exit procedure.
Abstract:
A method is provided for calculating the prediction of required navigation performance for a trajectory associated with a list of segments of a flight plan. A method is also provided for displaying the navigation performance as a corridor trajectory and adapted to guarantee compliance with the navigation performance requirements while offering immediate viewing of the navigation latitude in a corridor.
Abstract:
A method for creating a vertical trajectory profile of an aircraft by optimization of a criterion representative of a flight cost, comprises: performing a first iterative computation of a profile free of altitude constraints as long as a condition dependent on the criterion is not reached, replacing each free level of the constraint-free profile with a permitted level so as to generate an initial constrained profile comprising a plurality of permitted levels, and, for each level, an altitude change point and a plurality of speeds, and performing a second iterative computation of a profile in which the altitude levels to be reached remain constant, equal to the initial permitted levels of the initial constrained profile, as long as a condition dependent on the criterion is not reached.
Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for optimizing a mission of an aircraft, the aircraft having a predefined flight plan between a starting point and an arrival point, the flight plan comprising a set of waypoints. The method comprises steps of: calculating, for the aircraft, a reference trajectory between the starting point and the arrival point, the reference trajectory comprising a set of segments and of intermediate points linking the segments of the reference trajectory; defining a search area in the reference trajectory between an initial position and a final position to be reached for this area; determining, in the search area, all possible shortcuts between the initial position and the final position, a shortcut being able to take into account any type of point, points of the flight plan and/or intermediate points of the reference trajectory; and identifying the combination of shortcuts corresponding to an optimum path according to an optimization criterion, the optimum path optimizing the mission of the aircraft in the search area.
Abstract:
A method is provided for calculating the estimated navigation performance prediction for a trajectory associated with a list of segments of a flight plan. A method for displaying the navigation performance in a corridor trajectory so as to guarantee compliance with the navigation performance requirements while offering immediate viewing of the navigation latitude in a corridor is also provided.
Abstract:
A method and system, for flight management of an aircraft flying on a trajectory shifted with respect to a flight plan comprising a plurality of constrained waypoints, comprises a step of determining and displaying at least one point of the trajectory, termed decision point, beyond which the aircraft can no longer rejoin a constrained waypoint of the flight plan by determining a point of intersection between the trajectory and a rejoining trajectory steering towards the selected constrained waypoint, the rejoining trajectory complying with at least one predefined criterion.
Abstract:
A method for managing speed constraints of a flight plan of an aircraft, the method includes the following steps: identifying a current flight phase, determining CAS speed profile, the speed profile establishing a behavior of the aircraft with respect to a speed setpoint, determining a Mach speed profile, the Mach speed profile establishing a behavior of the aircraft with respect to a Mach setpoint, the Mach setpoint being a speed setpoint transcribed into an equivalent Mach number, determining a Cross-Over altitude, the Cross-Over altitude being an altitude of transition from an automatic control of the aircraft according to the CAS speed profile to an automatic control according to the Mach speed profile, determining an end-of-applicability criterion of the speed profile and of the Mach speed profile.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method (34) for tracking a target (10), using an electronic target tracking system (14) on board a drone (12), the method (34) comprising at least determining (40) a movement trajectory of the drone (12), the trajectory comprising a plurality of successive orbits respectively centered on a plurality of successive positions (C) of the target (10), the orbit radius being able to vary, from one successive orbit to another, based on at least one element belonging to the group comprising: at least one datum (50) associated with the movement performance of the drone (12), the current position of the target (10), a predetermined elevation angle (ζ) of the drone relative to the target (10), the current altitude of the drone (12) relative to the target (10).
Abstract:
A method of flight management and guidance of an aircraft executed by a flight management system FMS comprises the steps of: generating a reference trajectory, generating a short-term trajectory, periodically transmitting the short-term trajectory, generating a long-term trajectory, formatting the segments of the long-term trajectory, periodically transmitting the long-term trajectory, storing the long-term trajectory transmitted, testing the validity of the FMS sub-assembly, when the FMS sub-assembly is valid: identifying, by the autonomous guidance module, the active segment of the short-term trajectory, generating, by the autonomous guidance module, a first flight guidance order on the basis of the active segment of the short-term trajectory; when the FMS sub-assembly is not valid: identifying, by the autonomous guidance module, the active segment of the stored trajectory, generating, by the autonomous guidance module, a second flight guidance order on the basis of the active segment of the stored trajectory.