Abstract: A system for managing unscheduled maintenance and repair decisions may include a maintenance swap options prioritizer. The maintenance swap options prioritizer may include a data access and transformation module to find and assemble information from different sources for computing performance data and generating a list of prioritized swap options. The maintenance swap options prioritizer may also include an options selection module to generate the list of prioritized swap options based on the information found and assembled by the data access and transformation module and based on any user preferences. The maintenance swap options prioritizer may also include means to present the performance data and list of prioritized swap options to at least one user. The maintenance swap options prioritizer may further include means to permit collaborative decision making and planning by multiple users to manage shared maintenance and repair resources.

Abstract: A problem faced by designers of advanced electronic military equipment is the strigent angular alignment requirement of aircraft avionics and weapon system sensors. Meeting the alignment requirements in the case of advanced systems presents an ever-increasing problem. In airborne systems, as the alignment requirements of its sensors are becoming more stringent, the aircraft are becoming more flexible structurally. Conventional sensor alignment systems are expensive and utilize complex optical-mechanical equipment and procedures, for instance aircraft jacks, optical targeting boards, precision optical mirrors, sophisticated tooling, and ground support personnel. Past alignment procedures also required ground personnel having the same skill level as those in the aircraft in order to operate such equipment as optical target boards, precision optical mirrors, autocollimators and other instruments.

Abstract: A method and device are provided for displaying the effect of control action in real time by simultaneously applying the control action both to the system to be controlled and a computer model of the system. The effect of the control action on the model is displayed to the operator in a manner which dynamically decouples the display to the operator in a manner which dynamically decouples the display from the actual system's response over some suitable frequency range, thereby enhancing the stability and performance of the control system's operation. The method and device are described in conjunction with a preferred embodiment of an aircraft gun fire control system and variation of that system. A computer model or pseudo aircraft, termed a command aircraft, is programmed into a computer carried by an actual aircraft. In addition to providing conventional control information to the actual aircraft, the control actions of the pilot "fly" the command aircraft.

Abstract: An augmented tracking apparatus utilizing an optical tracker in conjunction with a radar sensor to lock on to and track a moving target aircraft.