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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Michael A. Connor, New Haven, CT (US);
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for guiding an aircraft includes: an air velocity sensor disposed on the aircraft and configured to sense a speed and direction of a wind remote to the aircraft to provide remote wind speed and direction data; a flight control actuator coupled to a flight control device; and a flight controller communicably coupled to the air velocity sensor, the flight controller having an input section that receives the remote wind speed and direction data from the air velocity sensor, a processor configured to determine a magnitude and direction of the wind with respect to a planned flight route and to predict an influence acting on the aircraft due to the magnitude and direction of the wind with respect to the planned flight route, and an output section communicably coupled to the flight control actuator to provide a control signal that results in the aircraft counteracting the predicted influence.