Abstract: An alerting system and method for producing tactical views of datalink messages is provided. The system comprises a datalink application processor configured to receive and decode an uplink datalink message. The datalink application processor includes a datalink message manager. The system also includes a control processor in operative communication with the datalink application processor and configured to communicate with the datalink message manager. A display unit is in operative communication with the control processor and is configured to show the uplink datalink message. The control processor is configured receive message data from the datalink message manager and output the message data to the display unit to generate an annunciation of the datalink message. The datalink message manager is configured to output display data for generating the datalink message in full based on a single forward field of view interaction by a user with the display unit.

Abstract: In one embodiment an in-aircraft system that implements a flight planning module is provided. The flight planning module is configured to display on the display unit a pending flight plan and implement a first button associated with a display of the pending flight plan. The first button, if selected, directs the one or more processing units to convert the pending flight plan to a format for sending in a datalink message, and to cause the pending flight plan to be sent to a ground station in a downlink datalink message without human input to a message applications module, the message applications module including instructions to display information corresponding to datalink messages on a display unit and to maintain a message log of datalink messages.

Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a datalink message log on a Forward Field-of-View display are provided. In one embodiment, an avionics system for displaying a Forward Field-of-View log of datalink messages on-board an aircraft comprises: a processor executing a Datalink Message Log Function that manages a datalink message log, the Message Log Function in communication with at least one on-board memory storage device storing Datalink Message Data; and a human machine interface (HMI) device in communication with the Message Log Function, the HMI device comprising a Forward Field-of-View Display presenting a first screen that displays a log of datalink messages from the Message Data; wherein at least one entry of the log of datalink messages is presented in the first screen in a collapsed form and at least one entry for an active datalink message is presented in the first screen in an expanded form.

Abstract: An avionics messaging system is provided. In at least one embodiment, the avionics messaging system comprises: a user input device configured to receive input from a user, a memory device configured to store a plurality of pages where each page is comprised of one or more fields for receiving user input, a display unit, and a processing unit configured to segment a display on the display unit into a primary segment and a supplemental segment, wherein the primary segment and supplemental segment are displayed concurrently. Furthermore, the processing unit is configured to select one of the plurality of pages to display on the primary segment based on input received from the user input device and output one or more composition messages to the supplemental segment based on input received from the user input device via the one or more fields of the selected page displayed on the primary segment.

Abstract: In one embodiment an in-aircraft system that implements a flight planning module is provided. The flight planning module is configured to display on the display unit a pending flight plan and implement a first button associated with a display of the pending flight plan. The first button, if selected, directs the one or more processing units to convert the pending flight plan to a format for sending in a datalink message, and to cause the pending flight plan to be sent to a ground station in a downlink datalink message without human input to a message applications module, the message applications module including instructions to display information corresponding to datalink messages on a display unit and to maintain a message log of datalink messages.

Abstract: An alerting system and method for producing tactical views of datalink messages is provided. The system comprises a datalink application processor configured to receive and decode an uplink datalink message. The datalink application processor includes a datalink message manager. The system also includes a control processor in operative communication with the datalink application processor and configured to communicate with the datalink message manager. A display unit is in operative communication with the control processor and is configured to show the uplink datalink message. The control processor is configured receive message data from the datalink message manager and output the message data to the display unit to generate an annunciation of the datalink message. The datalink message manager is configured to output display data for generating the datalink message in full based on a single forward field of view interaction by a user with the display unit.