Garmin International, Inc.

Bharath Parthasarathy

Kurt L Schueler

Anthony James Munns

Nathan J Alfermann

Deebu K Abi

Jeffrey S Hall

An aircraft traffic system is provided that includes a primary antenna operable to generate interrogation signals and receive interrogation replies from other aircraft. The system additionally includes a secondary antenna configured as a tuned absorber having a matched impedance to at least partially absorb reflections of the interrogation signals or interrogation replies utilized by the primary antenna.

System and method for reducing reflections from metallic surfaces onto aircraft antennas

Techniques and systems are described that allow an air traffic display and/or avionics system of an aircraft to display and/or warn a pilot of aircraft targets for air traffic proximate to the aircraft or to suppress the display of on-ground air traffic targets. In some implementations, an integrated avionics system can use indirect information to determine whether an individual aircraft traffic target is to be presented to a pilot. For example, the integrated avionics system can determine whether an aircraft target is in proximity to the ground based on traffic tracking data corresponding to other aircraft.

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Olathe, KS, United States of America

Bharath Parthasarathy