Abstract: A wireless apparatus and communication system for remotely determining the unique identification of individual remote devices, among a plurality of remote devices, and to simultaneously determine the location of each individual remote device, associated with its unique identification number. This invention further provides a wireless signaling response capability for the purpose of relaying generic digital data from a remote device to a host system.

Abstract: This invention is an apparatus and method for determining a set of instantaneous values of optimum flight path for a gliding vehicle at any time t, by determining, at each time t, altitude and position information associated with the vehicle, and wind profile information as a function of the altitude of the vehicle; determining, at each time t, the effective glide slope ratio of the vehicle as a function of the altitude of the vehicle, and then integrating the effective glide slope ratio, at each time t, from the destination point toward the current position and altitude of the vehicle. The invention also contemplates converting such time-dependent value of optimum flight path into a set of control commands for control surface actuators on the vehicle.