Abstract: An aircraft and a control yoke for operating the aircraft. The control yoke includes a base, a handle for manual operation of the aircraft, and a graphical communication device centered at the base for receiving a command from an operator and autonomously operating the aircraft according to the received command.

Abstract: A communication system includes a vehicle communication assembly connected to a vehicle, including a transmitter and a receiver, and configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote entity, and a processing device and a memory coupled to the processing device. The memory includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to receive a wireless signal including a speech communication from the remote entity at the receiver, analyze the wireless signal by a speech recognition module to identify the speech communication, and recognize a known directive within the speech communication based on stored contextual information.

Abstract: A technique relates to adaptive flight display. The technique includes rendering a first flight instrument display during autonomous flight operation of an aircraft, the first flight instrument display comprising autonomous mode information; determining, by a processor, that a trigger is met to transition from the first flight instrument display for the autonomous flight operation to a second flight instrument display for providing an increased perception of aircraft operating parameters for at least one of increased human awareness and human operation of the aircraft, the trigger being associated with a requirement for human intervention; and in response to the trigger being met, rendering the second flight instrument display for the human operation of the aircraft, the second flight instrument display comprising additional information.

Abstract: A system and method of landing an aircraft. The system includes a human machine interface responsive to an input from an operator, and a processor. A region of interest for the aircraft is selected. A representation of a potential landing zone associated with the region of interest is presented at a human machine interface. A suitability of the potential landing zone for landing is evaluated to obtain an evaluation score. The evaluation score for the potential landing zone is presented at the human machine interface. An input is received at the human machine interface to select the potential landing zone. The aircraft is landed at the selected landing zone.

Abstract: A communication system includes a vehicle communication assembly connected to a vehicle, including a transmitter and a receiver, and configured to wirelessly communicate with a remote entity, and a processing device and a memory coupled to the processing device. The memory includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the processing device to receive a wireless signal including a speech communication from the remote entity at the receiver, analyze the wireless signal by a speech recognition module to identify the speech communication, and recognize a known directive within the speech communication based on stored contextual information.

Abstract: A technique relates to adaptive flight display. The technique includes rendering a first flight instrument display during autonomous flight operation of an aircraft, the first flight instrument display comprising autonomous mode information; determining, by a processor, that a trigger is met to transition from the first flight instrument display for the autonomous flight operation to a second flight instrument display for providing an increased perception of aircraft operating parameters for at least one of increased human awareness and human operation of the aircraft, the trigger being associated with a requirement for human intervention; and in response to the trigger being met, rendering the second flight instrument display for the human operation of the aircraft, the second flight instrument display comprising additional information.

Abstract: An aircraft and a control yoke for operating the aircraft. The control yoke includes a base, a handle for manual operation of the aircraft, and a graphical communication device centered at the base for receiving a command from an operator and autonomously operating the aircraft according to the received command.

Abstract: A method of teaming a manned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle includes inputting to a controller in a manned vehicle coordinates for an area of interest, plotting a course to the area of interest in a navigation computer operatively connected to the controller, identifying one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the area of interest, communicating to a ground controller rendezvous coordinates for one of the one or more UAVs, and negotiating a control hand-off of the one of the one or more UAVs from the ground controller to the controller.

Abstract: An example computer-implemented method for natural language mission planning includes: responsive to receiving a request to initiate mission planning for a selected mission type from a plurality of mission types, constructing, by a processing system, a mission narrative that describes a mission intent based on the selected mission type, the mission narrative comprising a plurality of fields; populating, by the processing system, the plurality of fields in the mission narrative from an autonomous mission manager based on the selected mission type with options to be selected by a mission planner; responsive to presenting the populated plurality of fields to the mission planner, filling, by the processing system, the mission narrative with the received selected options; creating, by the processing system, an optimized mission plan based on the mission narrative; and controlling, by the processing system, a vehicle based on the optimized mission plan.

Abstract: According to an aspect, an apparatus is provided. A computing system is provided. An adaptable user interface is configured to be fixable to an aircraft, and the adaptable user interface is coupled to the computing system to replicate at least a portion of controls of the aircraft. The adaptable user interface is configured with adjustable positional arrangements. The adjustable positional arrangements include a first position associated with replicating a first functionality of the aircraft controls and a second position associated with replicating a second functionality of the aircraft controls.

Abstract: A processing system for displaying tasks on a map based on context of the tasks includes a mission decomposition module to decompose a mission into a plurality of tasks; a flight planning module to generate a flight plan. The processing system further includes a display to display the task interface to at least one user. The task interface includes the flight plan overlaid on a map and an indicium associated with at least one of the plurality of tasks. The indicium is positioned along the flight plan based at least in part on when the at least one of the plurality of tasks is to be performed. The processing system further includes a flight control system to execute the at least one of the plurality of tasks.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium includes computer executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising generating a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display. The GUI can be configured to display aircraft route information and to receive one or more real-time aircraft route inputs. The method also includes receiving, at the GUI, the one or more real-time aircraft route inputs from an input device and conforming the one or more real-time aircraft route inputs to a conformed route. The method includes outputting a conformed route to at least one of the GUI and/or an aircraft control system.

Abstract: An example computer-implemented method for natural language mission planning includes: responsive to receiving a request to initiate mission planning for a selected mission type from a plurality of mission types, constructing, by a processing system, a mission narrative that describes a mission intent based on the selected mission type, the mission narrative comprising a plurality of fields; populating, by the processing system, the plurality of fields in the mission narrative from an autonomous mission manager based on the selected mission type with options to be selected by a mission planner; responsive to presenting the populated plurality of fields to the mission planner, filling, by the processing system, the mission narrative with the received selected options; creating, by the processing system, an optimized mission plan based on the mission narrative; and controlling, by the processing system, a vehicle based on the optimized mission plan.

Abstract: A method of teaming a manned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle includes inputting to a controller in a manned vehicle coordinates for an area of interest, plotting a course to the area of interest in a navigation computer operatively connected to the controller, identifying one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the area of interest, communicating to a ground controller rendezvous coordinates for one of the one or more UAVs, and negotiating a control hand-off of the one of the one or more UAVs from the ground controller to the controller.

Abstract: A method and system for presenting environmental data including receiving environmental data from a sensor, processing the data to generate a graphical representation of the environment, wherein the view point of the graphical representation of the environment is a distance (d) and an angle (?) relative to a point in an aircraft, and presenting the graphical representation of the environment to a user on a display.