Abstract: A method may include detecting, during a flight of an aircraft system, a conflict with a planned route of the aircraft system, determining one or more alternate routes for the aircraft system to avoid the conflict, wherein each of the one or more alternate routes avoid secondary conflicts with active flight operations, transmitting first data to cause first visual information indicating the conflict and second visual information indicating the one or more alternate routes to be displayed to a user, receiving second data indicating one of the one or more alternate routes being selected by the user, and updating the planned route of the aircraft system to include the alternate route selected by the user.

Abstract: A power overlay (POL) module includes a semiconductor device having a first side and an opposing second side, a dielectric sheet having a first side coupled to the semiconductor device second side, and an opposing second side, the dielectric sheet defining an aperture therethrough. The POL module also includes a first conductive layer disposed on the second side of the dielectric sheet and electrically coupled through the aperture to the semiconductor device second surface, a first conductive plate having a first side, and an opposing second side coupled to the first surface of the semiconductor device. The POL module further includes a first heat sink coupled the first side of the conductive plate and a first thermal interface layer disposed between the first conductive plate and the first heat sink.

Abstract: Disclosed within are a structure and method for forming a component for a rotor to be used in an electric machine. The formed rotor components can include a rotor assembly or rotor shaft. The rotor assembly can include a plurality of poles spaced about a rotor core. The plurality of poles can include a pole shoe or pole body. Quasi-laminations that can result in a unitary structure that includes support structures can be used to form all or a portion of the pole shoe or pole body.

Abstract: A system and method for flexible read-access of a set of procedures during runtime of a regulated system, the system comprising a set of procedures each defining a respective set of systematic data and an executable operation, a specialized data store configured to receive at least a subset of procedures, at least one memory including at least one set of data relating to the set of procedures, a receiving component communicatively coupled to the regulated system, and a flexible reader authorized for read-access to the specialized data store and the at least one memory.

Abstract: A power distribution system and method can include a controller and a set of power-using devices. Each power-using device in the set can include a sensor configured to measure a parameter and transmit a sensor signal representing the parameter to the controller, and the controller can respond to the transmitted sensor signal.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a flight plan of an aircraft comprising one or more contingency routes, determining a plurality of possible trajectories of the aircraft based on the flight plan and the one or more contingency routes, identifying navigation data associated with one or more locations along each of the possible trajectories, and transmitting the navigation data to the aircraft.

Abstract: An apparatus may receive first data, in a first data format, from one or more unmanned aircraft system service suppliers comprising first positions of one or more unmanned aircraft systems, receive second data, in a second data format, from one or more communications systems comprising second positions of one or more manned aircraft, transmit third data, in a third data format, comprising the first positions of the one or more unmanned aircraft systems and the second positions of the one or more manned aircraft, receive a first control signal comprising a control command associated with one or more of the unmanned aircraft systems or one or more of the manned aircraft, and transmit a second control signal comprising the control command to one or more of the unmanned aircraft system service suppliers or to one or more of the communications systems.

Abstract: A starter assembly includes a housing defining an interior, a rotatable pinion gear wherein the rotatable pinion gear extends exteriorly of the housing and operably coupling to a combustion engine, a torque sensor providing a torque output indicative of a torque experienced by the pinion gear, and a controller module configured operate a starting sequence for the starter assembly.

Abstract: A method may comprise receiving a request for a first set of data to be gathered by an unmanned aircraft system, identifying a first unmanned aircraft system capable of gathering the first data, transmitting a request to the first unmanned aircraft system to gather the first set of data, and receiving the first set of data gathered by the first unmanned aircraft system.

Abstract: Automatic display unit backup during failures of one more display units through the utilization of graphic user interface objects defined for control transfer and reversion after resolution of the failures is provided herein. A system can comprise a memory operatively coupled to a processor that executes stored executable components comprising a first controller, a second controller, and a failure indication component that provides a first notification based on a first detection of a first failure at the second controller, and a second notification based on a second detection of a second failure at the first controller. Further, the executable components can comprise a control transfer component that automatically transfers control of a second display unit from the v controller to the first controller based on the first notification, or control of a first display unit from the first controller to the second controller based on the second notification.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating a communication system for a vehicle, comprising a directed communication receiver configured to output a signal related to beam tracking strength, an inertial reference module configured to receive the beam tracking strength and provide a heading observation based thereon. At least one indicator communicably coupled with the inertial reference module to provide an indication related to the heading of the vehicle.

Abstract: A valve assembly including a valve body with an inlet port and an outlet port, a flow passage and a valve element disposed within the flow passage, an actuator and a lockout mechanism configured to maintain the position of the valve assembly in an opened position or a closed position. The lockout mechanism can include at least one screw.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a main rotor for a generator is provided. The method includes printing at least part of a rotor shaft by a three-dimensional printing process. The step of printing at least part of the rotor shaft includes printing a plurality of closed outlets and a plurality of open outlets. A rotor core is printed by the three-dimensional printing process. The step of printing the rotor core includes printing a plurality of liquid coolant conduits that extend through the rotor core and fluidly connecting the plurality of liquid coolant conduits to the plurality of closed openings.

Abstract: A combustion engine including at least one combustion chamber, a first bleed air supply fluidly coupled to a portion of the combustion engine upstream the combustion chamber, a second bleed air supply fluidly coupled to a portion of the combustion engine downstream the combustion chamber, a first thermal bus, and a turbomachine including a compressor, a rotary pump, and a first turbine, with the compressor and rotary pump in serial flow arrangement and the rotary pump being fluidly coupled to the first thermal bus.

Abstract: A method of operating a vehicle includes navigating the vehicle along a path, collecting a set of navigation parameters of the vehicle from at least one of a sensor, a global positioning system, or an inertial reference system, determining a set of statistical uncertainties related to at least some navigation parameters in the set of navigation parameters, and associating a set of statistical weights to the at least some navigation parameters.

Abstract: A rotor assembly comprising rotatable element defining a periphery, a first set of elements defining magnetic pole regions and a second set of elements defining interpolar regions that alternately placed about the periphery. The rotor assembly further comprising a containment band circumscribing the first set of elements and the second set of elements. The containment band defining a first set of material and a second set of material, with each overlying at least a portion of the first set of elements or the second set of elements.

Abstract: Systems and method for an electrical system on an aircraft are provided. In example aspects, the electrical system can be for an aircraft having a turbine engine. The turbine engine having a high pressure (HP) spool and a low pressure (LP) spool. The HP spool can be configured to drive a first generator to provide a first electrical output. The LP spool can be configured to drive a second generator to provide a second electrical output. The first generator and the second generator can be coupled to an electrical power distribution bus that provides electrical power to multiple high power demand loads. A propulsion system and a multiple aircraft systems bus can both be coupled to the electrical power distribution bus. The electrical system can further include a control system configured to allocate power among the first generator, the second generator, and the propulsion system, and the secondary aircraft systems bus.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to an aircraft propulsion system for an aircraft. The aircraft propulsion system can include at least an electric power source, an electric machine, a voltage regulator, and at least one propeller. The voltage regulator regulates the electrical power provided to the electric machine from the electrical power source. The electric power source is capable of providing an AC or DC electrical output and can include a combustion engine with a generator or an electrical storage device.

Abstract: A common-mode voltage cancellation (CMVC) circuit, is disclosed. The circuit includes a set of input lines arranged to receive a respective phase voltage, and a set of output lines arranged to provide a respective output phase voltage. The circuit further includes a set of coupled inductors, each having a respective primary winding and secondary winding coupled in signal communication at a respective upstream end to a respective input line to receive a respective phase voltage therefrom, each respective phase voltage having a common-mode voltage component. Each primary winding being coupled at a respective downstream end to ground, and each secondary winding being coupled in series between the respective input line and a respective output line. The circuit includes a set of capacitors, each capacitor being electrically coupled to a respective input line and in series with a respective primary winding of the set of coupled inductors.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating an overvoltage response for an electric machine includes opening a first switching element and a second switching element in response to an overvoltage condition. In the instance that the overvoltage condition persists, the method and apparatus can further open a third switchable element to cease the overvoltage condition.