Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus (Sas)

Airbus Corporation

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Philippe Foucault

Nicolas Ferret

Franck Artini

Alain Dupre

Gaëtan Marion

Maxime Lefort

Quentin Demoulin

Bertrand Boinon

François Melin

The method includes a step of acquisition of an image of the leading aircraft, a step of extraction of the outline, an adjustment step including implementing an outline registration algorithm, to determine an optimized profile from a comparison of the outline of the leading aircraft with a profile of the leading aircraft determined from a three-dimensional model of the leading aircraft and from an initial position of the following aircraft with respect to the leading aircraft, and a step of determination of the positioning according to six degrees of freedom of the following aircraft with respect to the leading aircraft, from the optimized profile and from the three-dimensional model of the leading aircraft. The method thus makes it possible to rapidly and accurately determine the positioning of the following aircraft with respect to the leading aircraft, this positioning being used to implement a formation flight.

Method for determining the positioning of a following aircraft with respect to a leading aircraft flying in front of the following aircraft

An assisting process and device for managing an in-flight refueling is disclosed. The device () comprising means () for automatically calculating a distance between aircrafts, at which a meeting phase for an in-flight refueling should be initiated.

Assistance process and device for managing an in-flight refueling

Method and device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft.

Method and device for aiding the piloting of an aircraft

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Philippe Foucault