Honeywell International Inc.

Alliedsignal Inc.

John J Poe

Kevin J Conner

Scott Richard Gremmert

Ratan Khatwa

James John Corcoran, Iii

Yasuo Ishihara

C Don Bateman

John Howard Glover

Markus Alan Johnson

John D Snyder, Jr

Rory L Kestner

Stephen Paul Williams

Barry A McAnulty

Bryan G Friedrich

Radar return processing systems and methods are operable to process radar information when an installation vehicle is operating in proximity to a surface area of interest. An exemplary embodiment reduces energy of an output pulse emitted from a radar system; receives a plurality of radar returns from a plurality of objects that reflect the reduced energy output pulses emitted from the radar system; determines a surface area of interest based upon at least a current location of the installation vehicle; and filters the radar returns generated by objects that are located outside of the surface area of interest. Optionally, some systems and methods may reduce a sweep range of an antenna from which the reduced energy output pulses are emitted.

Ground collision instrument for aircraft and marine vehicles

A device, method and computer program product for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, determining if a conflict exists between an aircraft having operating the invention and another aircraft, and generating and annunciating conflict awareness advisories as a function of determining that a conflict exists.

Ground operations and advanced runway awareness and advisory system

A method and system for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, generating and annunciating situational awareness advisories as a function of aircraft state parameters relative to a determination of the aircraft location.

Ground operations and imminent landing runway selection

Systems and methods for assisted recovery. An example method receives at least one of a directional or pitch command signal. Localizer or glide slope signals are generated based on the received signal. The localizer or glide slope signals are wirelessly transmitted via a predefined frequency over a transmitter and received at receivers of a navigation system. The vehicle is controlled based on the received signals. A proximity warning device generates an alert when the aircraft is within an alert distance from at least one of terrain, obstacle or special use airspace and an assisted recovery component generates the directional and pitch command signals based on the generated alert and a time delay.

Wireless assisted recovery systems and methods

Systems and methods for alerting surrounding aircraft if a ground-based unit is a threat. One example system is located on a ground-based unit. The system includes a position sensor that senses position of the ground-based unit, a memory that stores predefined threat zone information, a transmitter that transmits a predefined transponder signal, and a processor in data communication with the position sensor, the memory, and the transmitter. The processor instructs the transmitter to transmit the transponder signal based on the threat zone information and the sensed position of the ground-based unit.

Surface vehicle transponder

A method, computer program product and apparatus for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways, generating and annunciating imminent landing situational awareness advisories as a function of aircraft height above runway.

A method, computer program product and apparatus for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and environs, generating a graphical display of the aircraft position, heading and ground speed information relative to the aircraft runways and environs, and annunciating situational awareness advisories as a function of aircraft information relative to the airport runways and environs.

A Ground Runway Awareness and Advisory System (GRAAS) that provides supplemental position information and airport situational awareness alerts and advisories to pedestrians and vehicle operators during surface operations by providing timely aural, textual, graphic or pictographic alerts and advisory messages to pedestrians and vehicle operators in a significant number of different scenarios that have led to past runway and taxiway incursion occurrences. These messages are optionally supplemented by a situational awareness video display wherein one or more of the user's position, heading and ground speed are superimposed on a graphic display of airport features of interest. The GRAAS thereby satisfies one clear requirement in reducing VPDs: that the pedestrians or vehicle operators have a clear understanding of the airport layout, including designations of runways and taxiways, and their position relative to the airport layout and features, including aircraft, other ground vehicle traffic and pedestrians where position information is available.

Ground runway awareness and advisory system

A method and system for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways selecting as a function of aircraft state parameters one of a plurality of candidate runways that the aircraft on which it is installed is most likely to encounter, whether taxiing, preparing for take-off, or approaching to land.

A method for locating aircraft with respect to airport runways and taxiways, generating and annunciating situational awareness advisories as a function of aircraft state parameters relative to a determination of the aircraft location.

An integrated flight safety device for general aviation aircraft includes a radio altimeter and flight data recorder.

Terrain warning system

A relatively low-cost FMCW radio altimeter includes a voltage-controlled oscillator based upon a GaAs FET. The oscillator produces, for example, a 4.3 GHz microwave signal that is modulated with a triangular wave having a pin-selectable modulation frequency. The modulated signal is amplified by a buffer amplifier, as well as a power amplifier, and connected to an RF output terminal by way of a plurality of microstrips. Reflected signals are received at an RF input and are coupled to a mixer by way of a low-noise amplifier. The modulation signal is also applied to the mixer by way of a microstrip coupling device to produce an audio output signal whose frequency is proportional to the altitude above ground. The gains of all of the amplifiers are selected to eliminate the need for hand-tuning of the microstrips and to enable the use of a glass/epoxy circuit board. The output of the radio altimeter is an audio signal whose frequency is proportional to the height above ground, which enables direct digital conversion by way of a frequency-to-binary converter.

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John J Poe