Airbus France

Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Vincent Foucart

Eric Albert

Simon Innocent

Jean-Louis De Menorval

Paule Botargues

Isabelle Lacaze

Christophe Jourdan

Frederic Lemoult

Frédéric Lemoult

Didier Averseng

Didier Zadrozynski

Fabien Daveze

Sébastien Lhote

Joëlle Barthe

Irène Hoste Ventos

Lionel Cheymol

Patrice Gonzalez

Joelle Barthe

Sebastien Lothe

Irene Hoste Ventos

The present invention relates to a display device for a glass cockpit of an aircraft, intended to provide video streams to a plurality of viewing screens of said glass cockpit, said aircraft being partitioned into a secured area, a so-called avionic world (AW), and a non-secured area, a so-called open world (OW), said system comprising at least one first port intended to receive first data to be displayed from a system () belonging to the avionic area and at least one second port intended to receive second data to be displayed from a system () belonging to the open world, the display device comprising:

Display system for avionic and non-avionic applications

Disclosed is a method and system for avoiding collision between an aircraft A and an intruder aircraft. The method and system involve determining avoidance presets to avoid a collision between the aircraft A and the intruder aircraft, in which the avoidance presets comprise a vertical speed preset. The presets are determined from avoidance information received from an anticollision system, and the determined avoidance presets are transmitted to at least one guidance device that guides the aircraft A based on the avoidance presets.

Avoidance method and system for an aircraft

The inventive flight control assisting device comprises first means () for determining the actual aircraft flight conditions, second means () for determining, with the aid of said actual flight conditions and a predetermined pattern, a minimum approaching distance corresponding to a minimum distance between projections on the horizontal plane of the aircraft actual position and a touch-down point when said aircraft moves downwards and decelerates according to an optimised approach in such a way that stabilised approaching conditions are attained, and display means () for displaying at least said minimum approaching distance on a navigation screen () in the form of a first circular arc focused on a position relative to the aircraft which displays the touch-down position.

Method and device for assisting an aircraft flight control during landing approach

A method and device for assisting the lateral control of an aircraft running on a runway employ a detector for measuring a lateral deviation of the aircraft relative to a lateral alignment beam transmitted by a radio transmitter installed on the ground, the lateral deviation representing an angular deviation between a straight line passing through the radio transmitter and the detector and the centerline of the runway. A calculator calculates a first distance, defined along the runway, between the position of the pilot in the cockpit and the radio transmitter. A central unit determines, from the lateral deviation and the first distance, a line intended to correspond with the centerline of the runway. A head up display device displays the line on a display screen, superimposed on the environment existing in front of the aircraft and the centerline of the runway.

Method and device for assisting the lateral control of an aircraft running on a runway

A method for landing an aircraft includes determining the aircraft's deviation from its approach path so as to define a first point of the aircraft's heading. A first straight line passing through the first point and through a second point defining the ground orientation of the approach path is displayed, by a head-up display, on a horizon line with a heading scale. The first straight line represents a ground plot of the approach path. A first assistance gate is displayed such that the first straight line passes through the first assistance gate when the aircraft is aligned on the approach path. A second straight line, parallel with the horizon line and passing through the first point, is displayed and represents a plot on the ground of the origin of the approach path. A second assistance gate is displayed under the horizon line and represents the slope of the approach path.

Method and a device for assisting the piloting of an aircraft during an approach phase

A method of aiding the piloting of an aircraft during a maneuver, bringing about an increase in the attitude of the aircraft, is carried out automatically and repeatedly. According to the method, an attitude deviation is determined by subtracting a first value of attitude from a determined current attitude of the aircraft. A horizon line is presented on a display screen of a head-up display device, superimposed with the environment seen in front of the aircraft, as is an indication of the attitude deviation. The first value of attitude corresponds to the minimum value of (1) an optimal value of attitude at the end of the maneuver and (2) a value of attitude of protection against a rear collision.

Method and system for aiding the piloting of an aircraft, during a maneuver bringing about an increase in the attitude of the aircraft

An aircraft terrain avoidance method and device may employ a collision warning section that transmits a caution signal when the aircraft risks colliding with the terrain at the end of a first predetermined period of time. A warning signal is transmitted when the aircraft risks colliding with the terrain at the end of a second predetermined period of time, which is shorter than the first predetermined period of time. A piloting system causes the aircraft to automatically climb with a first gradient corresponding to a predetermined value upon the transmission of the caution signal. An automatic pilot is engaged automatically, if currently disengaged, to force the aircraft to climb with a second gradient, corresponding to the maximum gradient possible in the current flight conditions of the aircraft, upon the transmission of the warning signal.

Terrain avoidance method and device for an aircraft

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Vincent Foucart