Raytheon Technologies Corporation

Rtx Corporation

United Technologies Corporation

Jason E Posniak

Paul Raymond Scheid

William C Lamberti

Paul A Adamski

Jayashree Rajagopalan

Douglas E Sansom

David Howland

William H Beacham, Jr

Arun Srinivasan

James E Baker

An embedded processing system includes processing circuitry configured to execute a plurality of computer executable instructions. The embedded processing system also includes a memory system configured to store a plurality of configuration items, where at least one of the configuration items includes a sequence of the computer executable instructions. The embedded processing system also includes an authentication control configured to authenticate an immutable anchor associated with the embedded processing system, authenticate integrity of a reconfigurable entity map associated with the memory system, authenticate the configuration items based on the reconfigurable entity map, and perform an accommodation measure based on an authentication failure of at least one of the configuration items.

Embedded processing system with multi-stage authentication

A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an internal sensor system including a plurality of sensors within the communication adapter, a memory system, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a plurality of time series data at the communication adapter from an engine control of the gas turbine engine, record a plurality of internal sensor data of the internal sensor system, correlate the time series data with the internal sensor data based on an alignment in time to form an enhanced data set, and transmit the enhanced data set from the communication adapter to an offboard system.

Gas turbine engine communication gateway with internal sensors

Examples described herein provide a method that includes receiving engine data from a sensor associated with the engine. The method further includes associating a header with the engine data to generate packaged engine data. The method further includes transmitting the packaged engine data to an aircraft communication unit, wherein the header provides for the aircraft communication unit to transmit the packaged engine data to a ground station communication unit via a communication protocol.

Gas turbine engine communication data management function communicating via aircraft wireless gateway

A gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an engine control configured to monitor and control operation of the gas turbine engine in real-time and a communication adapter that includes a housing and a plurality of antennas in the housing. The communication adapter is configured to establish communication with the engine control and wireless communication with an offboard system external to the aircraft through at least one of the antennas of the communication adapter. The housing includes a metal chassis with a non-conductive substrate between the metal chassis and the antennas. The antennas are partitioned into two or more portions. A communication interface of the communication adapter is configured to establish wireless communication through the antennas using two or more different wireless communication protocols.

Gas turbine engine communication gateway with integral antennas

An embedded processing system includes processing circuitry, a memory system, and a reprogramming control. The reprogramming control is configured to receive a transaction indicator and user credentials from a reprogramming system, the transaction indicator identifying a type of configuration item to program in the memory system. The reprogramming control is further configured to access user authentication data to authenticate authority of a user to program the memory system based on the transaction indicator and user credentials and receive an encrypted configuration item. The reprogramming control is further configured to decrypt and authenticate the encrypted configuration item as a decrypted and authenticated configuration item responsive to authenticating the authority of the user, and store the decrypted and authenticated configuration item in the memory system.

Secure reprogramming of embedded processing system

A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with an offboard system and to communicate with an engine control of the gas turbine engine. The communication adapter also includes a memory system and processing circuitry configured to receive one or more configuration items from the offboard system, confirm an authentication between the communication adapter and the engine control, apply a cryptographic algorithm using one or more parameters received and cryptographic information to decrypt the one or more configuration items, wherein the cryptographic information includes a combination of received cryptographic information and previously stored cryptographic information, and transfer the one or more configuration items to the engine control based on the authentication.

Remote updates of a gas turbine engine

A method of operating a communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes receiving a plurality of time series data at the communication adapter from an engine control of the gas turbine engine. The method also includes recording a plurality of internal sensor data of an internal sensor system of the communication adapter. The method further includes correlating the time series data with the internal sensor data based on an alignment in time to form an enhanced data set and transmitting the enhanced data set from the communication adapter to an offboard system.

A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with an offboard system and to communicate with an engine control of the gas turbine engine, a memory system, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive an engine control dynamic data recording request from the offboard system, confirm an authentication between the communication adapter and the engine control, transfer the engine control dynamic data recording request received at the communication adapter from the offboard system to the engine control based on the authentication, and transmit an update completion confirmation of the engine control from the communication adapter to the offboard system based on a confirmation message from the engine control.

Gas turbine engine with dynamic data recording

A system includes an engine control configured to control a gas turbine engine and a means for wirelessly communicating with an offboard system and communicating with the engine control by establishing communication with the engine control on a first communication bus using system credential authentication, establishing communication between the engine control and a data storage system on a second communication bus, establishing wireless communication with the offboard system using system credential authentication, and providing access from the offboard system to the engine control and from the engine control to the data storage system to enable one or more updates of the data storage system by the offboard system based on service credential authentication.

Engine gateway with engine data storage

A communication system of a gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine control system configured to generate engine data and a communication device. The communication device includes a memory system and a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with an offboard system external to the aircraft and to communicate with the engine control system and the memory system. The communication interface is further configured to receive the generated engine data from the engine control system. The communication device further includes processing circuitry configured to selectively record the generated engine data, determine a location of the gas turbine engine, determine a data management strategy based on the determined location, and transmit, using the communication interface, a first portion of the recorded engine data to the offboard system. A data content of the first portion of the recorded engine data is based on the data management strategy.

Gas turbine engine communication system and method

A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a housing configured to be coupled to the gas turbine engine, a plurality of antennas integrated in the housing, a memory system and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to establish communication with an engine control mounted on the gas turbine engine, establish wireless communication between the communication adapter and an offboard system external to the aircraft through at least one of the antennas integrated in the housing of the communication adapter, and authenticate communication requests at the communication adapter for data sent between the offboard system and the engine control.

An embedded processing system includes processing circuitry, a memory system, and a reprogramming control. The reprogramming control is configured to authenticate a user associated with a reprogramming operation of the embedded processing system and receive an encrypted configuration item. The reprogramming control is further configured to decrypt and authenticate the encrypted configuration item either for storage of the configuration item in the embedded processing system or for transmission externally as an encrypted and signed entity. These operations are performed only after the user requesting such an operation has been authenticated to have the permission to perform the requested operation.

A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly communicate with an offboard system and to communicate with an engine control of the gas turbine engine. The communication adapter also includes a memory system and processing circuitry configured to receive an engine control update request from the offboard system, confirm an authentication between the communication adapter and the engine control, transfer one or more configuration items received at the communication adapter from the offboard system to the engine control based on the authentication, and transmit an update completion confirmation of the engine control from the communication adapter to the offboard system based on a confirmation message from the engine control.

A communication adapter of a gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes an internal sensor system including a plurality of sensors within the communication adapter, a memory system, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a plurality of time series data at the communication adapter from an engine control during operation of the gas turbine engine, record a plurality of internal sensor data versus time in the memory system based on the internal sensor system until an end condition is met, correlate the time series data with the internal sensor data based on an alignment in time to form an enhanced data set, and transmit the enhanced data set from the communication adapter to an offboard system based on a transmit condition.

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