Abstract: A system and method to assist aircraft pilots with rapid decision-making in cases where the pilot needs to make a flight diversion at low altitudes due to an emergency (for example, loss of thrust). Once an emergency need for diversion is detected, the system and method generates a list of alternative airports the plane can reach given: (i) the current conditions of the plane; (ii) a real-emergency time simulation of evolving conditions of the plane; (iii) the environment at potential landing sites; and (iv) the environment on the flight path to those sites. For airports potentially within reach, the system and method provides a confidence scores for successful landings for alternative simulated landing options. The simulations and confidence scores take into account aircraft position, altitude, speed, and possible further problems with the aircraft for the both the current flight path and for each simulated alternative.

Abstract: A method and decoupler for disengaging an output member from an engine in a back drive event with a backdrive decoupler. The backdrive decoupler includes a shaft and a retention mechanism selectively coupling the output member to the shaft. In a backdrive event, the decoupler decouples the member from a drive shaft.

Abstract: There is provided a method for implementing an electronic card. The method can include providing the electronic card with a printed circuit board. The method further includes selecting one of a first side and a second side as a specified side on which only connection hardware is to be mounted. The first side is located at a first x-y plane and the second side is located at a second x-y plane, the first and second x-y planes being separated by a length equal to a thickness of the PCB. The first and second x-y planes are parallel.

Abstract: A method for managing communications involving a lockstep processing comprising at least a first processor and a second processor can include receiving, at a data synchronizer, a first signal from a first device. The method can also include receiving, at the data synchronizer, a second signal from a second device. In addition, the method can include determining, by the data synchronizer, whether the first signal is equal to the second signal. When the first signal is equal to the second signal, the method can include transmitting, by the data synchronizer, the first signal to the first processor and the second signal to the second processor. Specifically, in example embodiments, transmitting the first signal to the first processor can occur synchronously with transmitting the second signal to the second processor.

Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling adapter having a housing with at least one mounting aperture and including at least one cooling manifold comprising an inlet plenum having at least one inlet for entry of a cooling fluid, an outlet plenum having at least one outlet for exhausting the cooling fluid, and a plurality of channels disposed between the inlet channel and the outlet channel for allowing the cooling fluid to move therebetween.

Abstract: A system and method for compiling and converting Aeronautical Radio Incorporated (ARINC) 424 or Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File (DAFIF) files into a binary database. The system and method include a controller module for displaying a comparison interface using a data structure comprising a plurality of nodes and a data architecture for supporting integration of multiple disparate navigation databases.

Abstract: A method and decoupler for disengaging an output shaft from an engine in a back drive event with a backdrive decoupler. The backdrive decoupler includes an output shaft, drive shaft wherein the output shaft is selectively coupled to the drive shaft. Permanent magnets are used to transmit torque from the drive shaft to the output shaft. In a backdrive event, the decoupler decouples the output shaft from the drive shaft by uncoupling the torque transfer.

Abstract: Route planning and movement of an aircraft on the ground based on a navigation model trained to improve aircraft operational efficiency is provided herein. A system comprises a memory that stores executable components and a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components that comprise an assessment component, a sensor component, and a route planning component. The assessment component accesses runway data, taxiway data, and gate configuration data associated with an airport. The sensor component collects, from a plurality of sensors, sensor data related to performance data of an aircraft and respective conditions of the runway, the taxiway, and the gate configuration data. The route planning component employs a navigation model that is trained to analyze the sensor data, the runway data, the taxiway data, and the gate configuration data, and generate a taxiing protocol to navigate the aircraft to improve aircraft operational efficiency.

Abstract: An aircraft includes an environmental control system having a bleed air inlet, a gas turbine engine having a low pressure bleed air supply and a high pressure bleed air supply, and a turbo air cycle machine. The turbo air cycle machine includes a compressor fluidly coupled to the low pressure bleed air supply, as well as a turbine fluidly coupled to at least one of the low pressure bleed air supply or the high pressure bleed air supply.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing data exploration techniques are provided. For instance, user inputs specifying one or more data parameters can be received. One or more data sets can be obtained from a data source based at least in part on the data parameters. The data can be grouped into one or more groupings based at least in part on the data parameters. Each data grouping can have a plurality of subsets. A distribution of data can be determined for each data subset. A plurality of data representations can be generated based at least in part on the data parameters and the distributions of data. The distributions of data for each data subset can then be compared. One or more suggested applications or at least one data subset can be determined based at least in part on the comparison.

Abstract: A flight management system and method of updating flight calculations includes flying an aircraft along a current flight path, collecting real-time weather data from a network of aircraft operating in a nearby region, and predicting a trajectory for completion of the flight. The prediction can be based on the collected real-time weather data.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments for providing altitude reporting. Some embodiments may include receiving a query from a first vehicle regarding altitude data of the first vehicle, providing the altitude data to the first vehicle, and receiving, by the computing device, a computed altitude from the first vehicle. Some embodiments include calculating an altitude uncertainty parameter for the first vehicle, determining a true altitude from the altitude data and the altitude uncertainty parameter, and determining whether the true altitude is within a predetermined threshold of a second altitude of a second vehicle. Some embodiments may be configured for, in response to determining that the true altitude is within the predetermined threshold, notifying at least one of the following: the first vehicle or the second vehicle.

Abstract: A method of determining a flight plan for an unmanned aerial vehicle comprises, with a computing device, receiving a set of parameters associated with a proposed flight operation related to the unmanned aerial vehicle, identifying one or more data sources that contain data associated with one or more of the parameters, retrieving data associated with one or more of the parameters from one or more of the identified data sources, determining a level of risk associated with the proposed flight operation based on the retrieved data, and determining the flight plan based on the level of risk.

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 method of providing an indication identifying a flight as including or not including a flight path deviation, the method includes receiving flight data associated with a flight, the flight data comprising a plurality of coordinates indicating a location of an aircraft at a plurality of times during the flight. The method also includes classifying a plurality of time intervals of the flight by applying a convolutional neural network algorithm to subsets of the plurality coordinates to determine that the time interval includes or does not include at least one flight path deviation. The method also includes identifying the flight as including at least one flight path deviation if at least one of the time intervals is classified as including the at least one flight path deviation and providing an indication identifying the flight as including at least one flight path deviation to a second computing system in response to identifying the flight as including at least one flight path deviation.

Abstract: An electric machine assembly having a main machine stator core having at least one stator post, a set of stator windings wound about the at least one stator post and having a first end and an opposing second end, a coolant inlet housing defining an inlet passage, a coolant outlet housing defining an outlet passage, proximate to the coolant inlet housing, and wherein the coolant inlet passage and the coolant outlet passage define a coolant circuit configured to receive a supply of coolant to remove heat generated in the set of stator windings.

Abstract: A method of operating an aircraft interface device may comprise receiving a request for a data dictionary from an electronic flight bag application and transmitting the data dictionary to the electronic flight bag application. The data dictionary may comprise a mapping between a plurality of parameters associated with an aircraft and a plurality of parameter identifiers. Values of the parameters may be retrieved by the aircraft interface device. The method may also include receiving a request for values of one or more of the parameters from the electronic flight bag, retrieving values of the parameters, and transmitting the values of the parameters to the electronic flight bag application.

Abstract: A method of performing deconfliction comprises receiving a request to accept a first operational intent associated with a first unmanned aircraft system, determining whether a conflict exists between the first operational intent and one or more scheduled operational intents, and if a conflict exists between the first operational intent and a second operational intent associated with a second unmanned aircraft system, transmitting data associated with the conflict to a first operator of the first unmanned aircraft system and a second operator of the second unmanned aircraft system, and transmitting information to the first and second operator allowing them to negotiate a resolution of the conflict. If a conflict does not exist, the first operational intent may be accepted. Bids may also be received for a right to utilize a volume of airspace at a particular time and the right may be granted to a highest bidder.

Abstract: A method of performing fault isolation for an aircraft comprises identifying a fault that occurs during a flight of the aircraft; identifying a first set of parameters associated with the aircraft based on the identification of the fault; automatically determining values of the first set of parameters to obtain a first set of measured values; determining whether the first set of measured values are within acceptable ranges; and identifying a source of the fault based on the determination of whether the first set of measured values are within the acceptable ranges.

Abstract: An onboard system establishes a first-EFB connection between a first electronic flight bag (EFB) and an aircraft interface device (AID), and establishes a first-EFB session between the first EFB and a flight management computer (FMC) based on a session identifier for the first EFB. The first-EFB connection is associated with a first-EFB connection identifier for the first EFB, and the first-EFB session is established over the first-EFB connection in accordance with the first-EFB connection identifier. The onboard system establishes a second-EFB connection between a second EFB and the AID, and establishes a second-EFB session between the second EFB and the FMC based on a session identifier for the second EFB. The second-EFB connection is associated with a second-EFB connection identifier for the second EFB, and the second-EFB session is established over the second-EFB connection in accordance with the second-EFB connection identifier.