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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph G. Irwin, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Bryan E. Kashawlic, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Brandon R. Brown, Philadelphia, PA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A point-and-shoot automatic landing system (P-A-S ALS) realizes safety and mission effectiveness benefits in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, allowing a pilot, using an inceptor device, to select an aim point with an aiming device providing visual indication of the aim point. Once a flight path is computed the pilot may allow the P-A-S ALS to automatically control the flight to touchdown. A suite of ranging devices determines the relative position of the aircraft to the selected aim point and an approach profile guidance algorithm computes the flight path. One or more devices provide confirmation that automatically controlled flight to the selected aim point is achievable. The P-A-S ALS is configured to allow termination of the controlled flight path at any time and selection of a new aim point through the inceptor device.