An aircraft system monitors health of passive safety brakes on a plurality of auxiliary lift wing devices of an aircraft wing. The wing includes an actuator driveline, and a plurality of actuators are secured to the driveline for extending and retracting the auxiliary lift wing devices. Each actuator incorporates a passive safety brake, and a flight computer enables the actuators to synchronously extend and retract the auxiliary lift wing devices. Torque sensors are fixed to the actuator driveline, each torque sensor being positioned adjacent an actuator for sensing static torque values at that actuator location. When an aerodynamic load acting on any one extended auxiliary lift wing device creates a higher static torque value at one actuator location relative to others, the aircraft system generates a warning signal and/or message to indicate occurrence of a potential safety brake failure within the one actuator.

A metamaterial-based substrate (meta-substrate) for piezoelectric energy harvesters. The design of the meta-substrate combines kirigami and auxetic topologies to create a high-performance platform including preferable mechanical properties of both metamaterial morphable structures. The creative design of the meta-substrate can improve strain-induced vibration applications in structural health monitoring, internet-of-things systems, micro-electromechanical systems, wireless sensor networks, vibration energy harvesters, and other applications whose efficiency is dependent on their deformation performance. The meta-substrate energy harvesting device includes a meta-material substrate comprising an auxetic frame having two kirigami cuts and a piezoelectric element adhered to the auxetic frame by means of a thin layer of elastic glue.

A metamaterial-based substrate (meta-substrate) for piezoelectric energy harvesters. The design of the meta-substrate combines kirigami and auxetic topologies to create a high-performance platform including preferable mechanical properties of both metamaterial morphable structures. The creative design of the meta-substrate can improve strain-induced vibration applications in structural health monitoring, internet-of-things systems, micro-electromechanical systems, wireless sensor networks, vibration energy harvesters, and other applications whose efficiency is dependent on their deformation performance. The meta-substrate energy harvesting device includes a meta-material substrate comprising an auxetic frame having two kirigami cuts and a piezoelectric element adhered to the auxetic frame by means of a thin layer of elastic glue.

A system, includes a memory in communication with a processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive a first location of a real vehicle, receive an updated location of the real vehicle, compute, utilizing at least the first location and the updated location, a future location of the real vehicle at a predetermined time in the future and output data to a display device adapted to display to a user of the display device at the predetermined time a mixed reality representation of an environment surrounding the real vehicle as viewed from the future location.

Systems and methods for presenting a qualitative risk assessment for an aircraft to perform a flight procedure. Methods include determining: a pilot support value that is representative of a human-machine interface (HMI) onboard the aircraft; a crew factors value representative of a number of pilots and respective experience; an equipment state value of the aircraft, representing available and functioning avionic systems; a type of procedure for the flight procedure; a remaining trip length; an airport facilities state value; an Airport facilities state value; a physical environment value; and, an environmental state value. The method calculates the qualitative risk assessment, as a function of the determined values/factors and presents the qualitative risk assessment in a predefined area on an avionic display in the aircraft.

Systems and methods for presenting a qualitative risk assessment for an aircraft to perform a flight procedure. Methods include determining: a pilot support value that is representative of a human-machine interface (HMI) onboard the aircraft; a crew factors value representative of a number of pilots and respective experience; an equipment state value of the aircraft, representing available and functioning avionic systems; a type of procedure for the flight procedure; a remaining trip length; an airport facilities state value; an Airport facilities state value; a physical environment value; and, an environmental state value. The method calculates the qualitative risk assessment, as a function of the determined values/factors and presents the qualitative risk assessment in a predefined area on an avionic display in the aircraft.

A system and method for actuating a critical aircraft system via a virtual guarded switch includes a touchscreen-based Virtual Guarded Switch (VGS) used to replace physical guarded switches. Aircraft systems display the VGS on traditional touch screen displays either via pilot selection or automatically as a result of an abnormal condition. The VGS maintains protection against inadvertent touchscreen activation while remaining familiar, quick, and easy to understand and use.

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for identifying a cockpit alert context during an aircraft mission are provided. The system includes a controller configured to: store message content in a clearance look-up table for one or more clearance messages received from air traffic control (ATC) during the aircraft mission that contain cockpit data about which an avionic system in an aircraft may later sense and generate a cockpit system alert for display on a cockpit display device; monitor a plurality of avionic systems in the aircraft for a cockpit system alert; retrieve an ATC clearance message from the clearance look-up table that corresponds to a detected cockpit system alert when a cockpit system alert is detected; and signal an aircraft display device to display the ATC clearance message in a visually distinguishable manner that indicates that the displayed ATC clearance message relates to a detected cockpit system alert.

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for identifying a cockpit alert context during an aircraft mission are provided. The system includes a controller configured to: store message content in a clearance look-up table for one or more clearance messages received from air traffic control (ATC) during the aircraft mission that contain cockpit data about which an avionic system in an aircraft may later sense and generate a cockpit system alert for display on a cockpit display device; monitor a plurality of avionic systems in the aircraft for a cockpit system alert; retrieve an ATC clearance message from the clearance look-up table that corresponds to a detected cockpit system alert when a cockpit system alert is detected; and signal an aircraft display device to display the ATC clearance message in a visually distinguishable manner that indicates that the displayed ATC clearance message relates to a detected cockpit system alert.

Methods and systems are provided for assisting operation of an aircraft when diverting from a flight plan using a comparative vertical profile display. A vertical profile display includes a first graphical representation of a first vertical profile corresponding to a first lateral route defined by a flight plan for the aircraft and a second graphical representation of a second vertical profile corresponding to a modified lateral route different from the first lateral route displayed concurrently on the vertical profile display. The first vertical profile corresponding to the first lateral route is depicted on the vertical profile display in a first plane and the second vertical profile corresponding to the modified lateral route is depicted on the vertical profile display in a second plane different from the first plane.