Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft navigation system and method of navigating an aircraft
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Application No.: US15035819Application Date: 2014-11-10
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Publication No.: US09753143B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Cristiano Bianchi , Winfried Lohmiller
- Applicant: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Taufkirchen
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: EP13005294 20131111
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/003005 WO 20141110
- International Announcement: WO2015/067374 WO 20150514
- Main IPC: G01S1/00
- IPC: G01S1/00 ; G06F19/00 ; G01S19/32 ; G01S19/18 ; G01S19/21 ; G05D1/00 ; G08G5/00

Abstract:
An aircraft navigation system and navigation method. The system comprises a civil-certified GPS-receiver for determining first position information based on C/A-GPS-signals, and a military-type GPS-receiver for determining a second position information based on P(Y)-GPS-signals. A monitoring unit detects a first abnormal condition during jamming conditions within the C/A-GPS-signals. The unit compares the first position information with the second position information and detects a second abnormal condition when a difference between these position information is larger than a threshold value for more than a threshold duration. Upon detecting an abnormal condition, an alert procedure is initiated. In remotely piloted aircraft, Command & Control link-loss is also monitored and during link-loss, a transponder code automatically indicates communication failure. When in such situation an abnormal condition is additionally detected, a transponder code indicates airborne emergency and, subsequently, the aircraft navigation system is switched to navigating based on position information from the military-type GPS-receiver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160299231A1 AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NAVIGATING AN AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2016-10-13
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