Abstract: A situational awareness personal service (SAPS) receives data records from a wide variety of data sources and provides real-time, tailored, situational awareness (SA) information to subscribers. The SA information, which can include course of action recommendations and threat assessments, can be made available and affordable to the general public. Subscribers may view the SA information using commercial off the shelf (COTS) devices, such as laptop computers, smartphones, and existing onboard integrated displays. In one aspect, transportation platforms can provide local observation data, such as radar tracking data, to the SA personal service in exchange for tailored SA information.

Abstract: A system and method for exchanging information between aircraft (210). Sensors on a first aircraft (210) provide data about the first aircraft's environment, including hazards such as turbulence, icing, lightning, or birds. The system transmits the data to receiving systems in other aircraft (210), which display the data, to warn the pilots flying the other aircraft of potential hazards. The pilot of the first aircraft may supplement the information with visual observations, about birds or unmanned aerial vehicles, for example. In one embodiment, the information is transmitted from aircraft to aircraft over a data link using ADS-B. In another embodiment, a first aircraft may transmit data to a second aircraft, which may relay, or re-transmit, the data to a third aircraft.

Abstract: A situational awareness personal service (SAPS) receives data records from a wide variety of data sources and provides real-time, tailored, situational awareness (SA) information to subscribers. The SA information, which can include course of action recommendations and threat assessments, can be made available and affordable to the general public. Subscribers may view the SA information using commercial off the shelf (COTS) devices, such as laptop computers, smartphones, and existing onboard integrated displays. In one aspect, transportation platforms can provide local observation data, such as radar tracking data, to the SA personal service in exchange for tailored SA information.

Abstract: A system and method for exchanging information between aircraft (210). Sensors on a first aircraft (210) provide data about the first aircraft's environment, including hazards such as turbulence, icing, lightning, or birds. The system transmits the data to receiving systems in other aircraft (210), which display the data, to warn the pilots flying the other aircraft of potential hazards. The pilot of the first aircraft may supplement the information with visual observations, about birds or unmanned aerial vehicles, for example. In one embodiment, the information is transmitted from aircraft to aircraft over a data link using ADS-B. In another embodiment, a first aircraft may transmit data to a second aircraft, which may relay, or re-transmit, the data to a third aircraft.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a computing system generally includes a geographical information system that is coupled to a data record interface. The data record interface is operable to receive a data record having a data type that is different from a second data type used by the geographical information system. The data record may then determine the data type of the data record and accordingly invoke a particular plug-in that is operable to convert the first data type to the second data type. The data record interface may then transmit the converted data record to the geographical information system.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a computing system generally includes a geographical information system that is coupled to a data record interface. The data record interface is operable to receive a data record having a data type that is different from a second data type used by the geographical information system. The data record may then determine the data type of the data record and accordingly invoke a particular plug-in that is operable to convert the first data type to the second data type. The data record interface may then transmit the converted data record to the geographical information system.