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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventor:
Michael A. Connor, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/10 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 23/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/10 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft and method of operating an aircraft. A sensor measures an air velocity at a location a selected distance from the aircraft. A processor determines an effect of the air velocity on an accuracy metric of a first flight course of the aircraft, changes from the first flight course to a second flight course when the accuracy metric of the first flight course meets a threshold and operates the aircraft according to the second flight course.