Rockwell Collins, Inc.

Paul A Lenhardt

Jason J Jakusz

Boe A Svatek

Nicholas Liberko

Titus N Thompson

Abhishek Dharmesh Rane

James W Toothaker

Joseph C Diner

Johnathon Lloyd Hein

A system may include a radio and a processor. The processor may be configured to: obtain information of a flight plan; obtain a command and control (C2) communication plan; and output instructions to operate the radio to connect with at least one given antenna of at least one given radio tower at a given time according to the C2 communication plan. The radio may be configured to connect with the at least one given antenna of the at least one given radio tower at the given time according to the C2 communication plan.

System and method to operate radio of aircraft to connect to radio towers according to command and control communication plan

A navigation system is configured to identify a current location and a destination location of an airborne platform, identify a current cell in which the current location is located; identify a plurality of current neighbors associated with the current cell; calculate, for a first path from the current location to the destination location through a first current neighbor of the plurality of current neighbors, a first value of an objective function, the first value depending on whether the first path includes a predetermined navigational node; calculate, for a second path from the current location to the destination location through a second current neighbor of the plurality of current neighbors, a second value of the objective function depending on whether the second path includes a predetermined navigational node; and output the current neighbor and/or path that satisfies an objective condition based on the values.

Systems and methods for hybrid graph and grid three-dimensional routing

A system for an airborne platform includes a display device and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to receive avoidance configuration information having a plurality of avoidance categories and severity levels. The processing circuit is further configured to receive flight plan information relating to a flight route from a starting location to an ending location, an avoidance area, an indication of an avoidance category corresponding to the avoidance area, and an indication of a severity level. The processing circuit is further configured to calculate a normalized cost associated with the flight route and compare the normalized cost to a threshold value. The processing circuit is further configured to identify the avoidance area as non-traversable when the normalized cost exceeds the threshold value. The processing circuit is further configured to generate a display providing a visual representation of the normalized cost, the flight route, and the avoidance area.

Systems and methods for avoidance traversal analysis for flight-plan routing

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Paul A Lenhardt