Honeywell International Inc.

Sharanabasappa Advani

Rajesh Chaubey

Ravish Udupa

Richard Snyder

Rajeev Mohan

Dorothee De Villele

Abhishek Gupta

Daniel Eugene Lewis

Roopa Niveditha Sundara Kulal

Bhalakrishnan Janardhanan

Akshay Sankeshwari

Veeralla Sai V Yashodhar

Ranju Thomas Pulikot

A system and methods for enhancing operator situational awareness are disclosed. For example, one method includes monitoring a plurality of radio transmissions associated with a plurality of vehicles in a first traffic flow pattern, monitoring a second traffic flow pattern in a vicinity of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, monitoring at least one weather value for a destination site for the plurality of vehicles, proposing a destination approach for the vehicle in response to the monitoring, evaluating an impact of the proposed destination approach on an existing travel path for the vehicle, and generating a second travel path for the vehicle in response to the evaluating.

System and method for enhancing operator situational awareness of traffic diversion patterns and adapting thereto

Methods and systems are provided for guiding or otherwise assisting energy management of an aircraft radar vectoring en route to a runway. A method involves determining a predicted lateral trajectory for the radar vectoring in accordance with interception criteria, wherein the lateral trajectory comprises a sequence of segments for satisfying the interception criteria from a current location of the aircraft and each navigational segment of the sequence is associated with an anticipated aircraft heading assignment. The method determines a reference vertical trajectory corresponding to the lateral trajectory, determines a target value for an energy state parameter of the aircraft at the current location on the lateral trajectory using the reference vertical trajectory, and provides indication of a recommended action to reduce a difference between a current value for the energy state parameter and the target value.

Radar vectoring energy management guidance methods and systems

Avionic display systems and methods are provided for generating avionic displays including instability prediction and avoidance symbology, such as dynamically-adjusted drag device deployment cues. In one embodiment, the avionic display system includes a controller and an avionic display device, which is coupled to the controller and on which an avionic display, such as a Vertical Situation Display (VSD), is generated. The controller is configured to: (i) project whether an unstable aircraft state will occur during an approach flown by an aircraft; (ii) when an unstable aircraft state is projected to occur, determine whether implementation of an optimized drag device deployment scheme can prevent the projected occurrence of the unstable aircraft state; and (iii) if determining that the implementation of the optimized drag device deployment scheme can prevent occurrence of the projected unstable aircraft state, generating symbology on the avionic display indicative of the optimized drag device deployment scheme.

Avionic display systems and methods for generating vertical situation displays including instability prediction and avoidance symbology

An enhanced flight management system and flight management method directed to improved guidance in unstable approach scenarios. The method includes receiving and processing a published arrival procedure (PAP), a published glide path (PGP), landing parameters, and real-time aircraft sensor data to determine a an actual approach profile, and whether the aircraft is following the reference approach profile. Approach stabilization criterion are determined, including, (i) a wind corrected air mass flight path angle (WC FPA) at the IMC; (ii) a vertical speed at the wind corrected air mass flight path angle (VS IMC); (iii) a wind corrected air mass flight path (WC FPA) angle at the VMC; and (iv) a vertical speed at the wind corrected air mass flight path angle (VS VMC). The method also determines whether an IMC criterion profile and a VMC criterion profile stabilizes the actual approach.

Aircraft systems and methods for approach stabilization

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Sharanabasappa Advani