A method and apparatus for training a user of an aircraft. Simulated controls for the aircraft are provided. A training scenario defines actions to be performed by the user with the simulated controls. An action indicator associated with at least one of the simulated controls is displayed based on the training scenario. Actions by the user with the simulated controls are detected. Operation of the aircraft is simulated based on the detected actions by the user with the simulated controls.

A practice airspace management system includes a control unit configured to receive user inputs from a first user and to generate a first training plan based on the user inputs. The control unit is further configured to generate display commands representing the first training plan on a navigation map. The practice airspace management system further includes a display device coupled to receive the display commands from the control unit and configured to display a navigation map view that includes the navigation map and a first training plan symbol representing the first training plan on the navigation map.

Systems and methods are provided for training a user to control an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in an environment. The systems and methods provide a simulation environment to control a UAV in a virtual environment. The virtual environment closely resembles a real flight environment. The controller used to transmit flight commands and receive flight state data can be used in both simulation and flight modes of operation.

A method and apparatus for collecting and evaluating powered vehicle operation utilizing on-board diagnostic components and location determining components or systems. The invention creates one or more databases whereby identifiable behavior or evaluative characteristics can be analyzed or categorized. The evaluation can include predicting likely future events. The database can be correlated or evaluated with other databases for a wide variety of uses.

A helmet point-of-view training and monitoring method and apparatus to solve problems encountered in the training and monitoring of pilots of airplanes and other air, sea, land, and space vessels, or vehicles where the seating arrangement in the cockpit prevents an instructor or evaluator from sitting beside or directly observing the pilot's view of the controls and indicators in the cockpit and the outside view from the pilot's position in the cockpit, by providing an apparatus to affix a camera to the standard multi-angle mounting surface found on pilot's helmets, in a proper position and at a proper angle, and by capturing a series of images from the pilot's point of view and displaying such images in real time to an instructor and as recordings for review by pilots, instructors, and others.

An aviation performance evaluation methodology that can be implemented in various ways depending on the applications of interest. Baseline standards for expected performance are stored in one or more databases. One database may contain performance parameters and another database may contain baseline standards such as expert gaze data. Real-time actual performance data is acquired using an eye tracker system comprising at least one video camera, at least one infrared light source, and a computer system which receives image data from the video camera(s). More specifically, the actual and expected performance data are input to a computer system that is programmed to analyze the actual performance based on a comparison of the actual and expected performance data. Based on the results of the comparative analysis, context-adjusted inferences can be made regarding performance, adopted strategies, gaze scan quality, alertness or distraction, situational awareness, and workload.

Tools, techniques, systems, methods and configurations are provided for modifying Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft (LCAA) to fly missions as functional, safe and effective aerial refueling (AR) tankers. The LCAA may be modified with a Selectively-Autonomous Aerial Refueling (SAAR) system, which can be installed in the LCAA to assist pilots and operators with actual AR procedures, to assist pilots and operators who are training to learn how to perform AR procedures, and/or to provide communication nodes in the form of a tactical edge network which is part of a common operational system. For AR training missions, LCAAs may be outfitted with a SAAR system including an aerial refueling store (ARS) buddy pod, such as for situations where fuel will not be offloaded to receiver aircraft.

Tools, techniques, systems, methods and configurations are provided for modifying Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft (LCAA) to fly missions as functional, safe and effective aerial refueling (AR) tankers. The LCAA may be modified with a Selectively-Autonomous Aerial Refueling (SAAR) system, which can be installed in the LCAA to assist pilots and operators with actual AR procedures, to assist pilots and operators who are training to learn how to perform AR procedures, and/or to provide communication nodes in the form of a tactical edge network which is part of a common operational system. For AR training missions, LCAAs may be outfitted with a SAAR system including an aerial refueling store (ARS) buddy pod, such as for situations where fuel will not be offloaded to receiver aircraft.

The present disclosure provides techniques for scheduling and monitoring of event progress. A syllabus indicating flight training requirements for pilots and flight information for a plurality of scheduled flights is accessed. A first set of flight alternatives, from the plurality of scheduled flights, is identified, for a first trainee, based on the syllabus. The first trainee is assigned to a first subset of one or more flights, from the first set of flight alternatives, based on defined scheduling criteria. One or more instructors are assigned to each flight of the first subset of one or more flights.

There are provided a portable terminal 10 to be brought into an airplane for use, an ADS-B receiver 20 for receiving an ADS-B signal of the airplane, and a headset 30 to be used for a communication between an airplane and an air traffic control tower and a conversation in the airplane, and flight information of an own airplane which is detected by a sensor provided in the portable terminal 10, flight information of another airplane which is to be indicated by the ADS-B signal received by the ADS-B receiver 20 and a conversation voice to be input/output to/from the headset 30 are mutually synchronized and are recorded on the portable terminal 10. In addition to information to be collected in the airplane (the flight information of the own airplane and the conversation voice to be exchanged in the airplane), consequently, all of the flight information of another airplane flying around the own airplane and the conversation voice to be exchanged by a communication between the airplane and the air traffic control tower are recorded in a synchronization form. Thus, various situations in a training flight can be reproduced as accurately as possible after the flight.