Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Kevin J Delaney

Scott J Zogg

James P Mitchell

Kevin Michael Kronfeld

Diane D McClatchy

Michael James Krenz

Geoffrey A Shapiro

Rolf Stefani

Mark A Bortz

Jaclyn A Hoke

Charles Bradford Dirks

Patrick J Morrissey

Jennifer A Davis

Fraser R Chisholm

Robert L Lentz

David J Weiler

James L Scheer

Joseph G Razo

Steven D Acheson

Ryan J Barnett

Joseph M Costello

Kevin E Purrington

Frédéric Trincal

John Kolodick

A system includes a first processing circuit, a second processing circuit, and a network interface device. The network interface device includes a first communications interface, a second communications interface, and a filtering engine. The first communications interface is configured to receive first data packets from the first processing circuit and communicate the first data packets for transmission to the second processing circuit via a first network pathway. The second communications interface is configured to receive second data packets from the second processing circuit and communicate the second data packets to the first processing circuit via a second network pathway physically separated from the first network pathway. The filtering engine is configured to determine whether the first data packets satisfy an inspection criteria, and transmit the first data packets to the second processing circuit responsive to determining that the first data packets satisfy the inspection criteria.

Systems and methods for secured maintenance gateway

A system and method. The system may include a first computing device implemented in a vehicle that is a first node of a distributed blockchain ledger network. The first computing device may include a first processor and a first computer readable medium. The first processor may be configured to: maintain a first instance of a distributed blockchain ledger; receive data for entry in the first instance of the distributed blockchain ledger; write a record including the data in the first instance of the distributed blockchain ledger; determine a data link for forwarding the record to other nodes of the distributed blockchain ledger network; forward the record to the other nodes of the distributed blockchain ledger network, wherein the other nodes include a second computing device offboard of the vehicle, the second computing device configured to maintain a second instance of the distributed blockchain ledger; and validate the record.

Distributed blockchain ledger for vehicular systems

A system for determining a flight plan based on internet connectivity includes at least one processor coupled with a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code for causing the at least one processor to receive internet connectivity data for a plurality of airspace regions, where the internet connectivity data is indicative of an internet connectivity characteristic; and determine a flight plan for an aircraft through at least one region of the plurality of airspace regions based on the internet connectivity characteristic.

Flight plan optimization for maintaining internet connectivity

A distributed system for flight and route management (FARM) of one or more aircraft of the system may include onboard processing devices for combining sensor data local to an aircraft with cloud-based data received through the system from other aircraft or from ground-based processing devices, thereby generating situation models of each aircraft relative to its flight path and in the context of current and predictive conditions (weather, traffic, terrain, threats, etc.). The FARM system may evaluate situation models against prioritized constraint sets of business rules or policies associated with each aircraft's flight plan to determine, crosscheck, and implement possible modifications to the flight plan. Localized aircraft data and flight plan modifications may be propagated through the system via a variety of communications networks to provide synchronized, holistic airspace data portraits to aircraft and ground control alike.

System and method for holistic flight and route management

A system and method are provided for implementing a security construct for downloading, delivering and protecting large amounts of data for transfer to an aircraft upload capability in a short period of time, including between individual legs of a flight for a particular aircraft or fleet of aircraft. Large data packages include In Flight Entertainment and Electronic Flight Bag data. The data is downloaded at an available rate using wired communication paths communicating with various data sources via communication networks to a mobile communication device. The data is secured in the mobile communication device according to particular encryption schemes acceptable to data content providers. The mobile communication device securely holds the data for carriage to the aircraft where wired communication is established to upload the data in available abbreviated amounts of time in a manner that is not dependent on the availability of wireless communicating bandwidth.

Advance mobile communications gateway with satcom backhaul access and a modularized data security system and method for data and secure key distribution to aircraft

An integrated system for providing a reporting point journey log display in an aircraft and for providing the automatic transfer and installation of a reporting point journey log in a ground retention application. The integrated system includes means for procuring and aggregating reporting point on-board aircraft data from aircraft systems. Means are provided for generating a reporting point cockpit message and readback script from the aggregated reporting point onboard aircraft data. The aggregated reporting point onboard aircraft data is automatically transmitted to a receiving ground application for assembling the data into the form of a reporting point journey log. The reporting point journey log is installed into a ground storage application.

Integrated system for providing a journey log display and the automatic reporting thereof

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Kevin J Delaney