An aircraft includes a fuselage, each wing with a movable flap element arranged on the wing, having a sensor element providing a sensor signal corresponding to vibrations on the flap element, and being movable between a retracted and an extended positions, drive means having a movable driven output connected by an actuation assembly with each of the flap element and configured such that a movement of the output effects a movement of each of the flap element between the extended and retracted positions. A control unit is adapted to compare for each sensor element during operation of an excitation means the amplitude of the vibrations in the frequency interval detected by that sensor element with a predetermined threshold of that sensor element and to provide a failure signal when for at least one sensor signal the amplitude is below the threshold of that at least one sensor signal.

Systems and methods are provided for retrieving values from a data bus of a vehicle. One illustrative method includes applying values from sensors at a vehicle to addresses of a data bus at the vehicle, retrieving values from the addresses of the data bus based on an operational state of the vehicle, and determining that the vehicle has entered another operational state. The method further includes loading a second sampling scheme corresponding with the other operational state, and retrieving values from an address of the data bus at a new rate corresponding with the other operational state.

The disclosure herein describes an aircraft assembly tracker system including a user interface configured to display an aircraft part under assembly and overlay one or more zones on the displayed part. The user interface operates on a computing device. The zones represent different panels to be affixed to the aircraft during assembly and their shape displayed on the user interface is identical to the shape of their corresponding panel being affixed to the physical aircraft part. The aircraft assembly tracker system monitors the assembly progress of each zone and automatically alerts aircraft assembly workers when the zone is ready for closure.

A test system for testing a control unit of a system includes a management server which is configured to provide predefined test instructions, a monitoring system, and a number of output units. The monitoring system is configured to convert test instructions provided by the management server into operating instructions for setting a test configuration on a control unit of a system using predefined assignment logic. The monitoring system is also configured to divide operating instructions for setting the test configuration into partial instructions for setting a partial configuration on the control unit and to temporally and/or logically classify the partial instructions. Respective output units of the number of output units are configured to output the partial instructions transmitted by the monitoring system.

An example method includes receiving a plurality of data streams acquired for a respective parameter of a plurality of parameters indicating an operating condition of the aircraft, selecting at least one data stream corresponding to at least one parameter of the respective plurality of parameters, selecting a portion of data from the at least one data stream, comparing the portion of data to a model determined for the at least one parameter based on historical data, determining that a failure has occurred or is likely to occur during operation of the aircraft based on the comparing, and transmitting aircraft health monitoring information indicative of occurrence or likelihood of occurrence of the failure.

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to generate a predictive asset health quantifier of a turbine engine. An example apparatus includes a performance model analyzer to determine a fleet behavior parameter by generating a reference performance model using historical information for a fleet of operators using turbine engines, generate a residual performance model based on calculating a difference between the fleet behavior parameter and a plurality of operator behavior parameters, identify an operator as a candidate improvement target based on comparing the operator behavior parameters corresponding to the operator to the fleet in the residual performance model, and determine an adjusted operator behavior parameter for the candidate improvement target. The example apparatus further includes a system updater to update a computer-based model to replace the operator behavior parameter with the adjusted operator behavior parameter, and a task optimizer to determine a workscope for the turbine engine.

A monitoring method, the purpose of which is, when a loss of power is detected in an aircraft engine, to generate an alarm in the form of a single message displayed on a display screen in the cockpit, in order to indicate if the level of damage suffered by the engine is critical or not. The steps implemented are based on alarm signals transmitted by a central processing unit of the engine and also on alarm signals transmitted by a diagnostic device for the onboard systems of the aircraft, in order to take account of both the situation of the engine and also the situation of the systems surrounding the engine which can be affected by damage to an engine.

Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for universal aircraft broadband control within an aircraft flight deck. In one example, a system includes a control panel and a switch coupled to the control panel. The system further includes a controller coupled to the switch and configured to determine a switch position based on a switch position signal associated with a position of the switch, receive a conditioned aircraft signal associated with parameters of an aircraft, and provide a controller control signal to control whether transmissions occur from an aircraft antenna based on at least one of the switch position signal and the conditioned aircraft signal.

The invention relates to a method for controlling the restitution of alert(s) and/or of system(s) reconfiguration procedure(s), including the surveillance of device(s) of a vehicle and the determination of alert(s) and/or of associated reconfiguration procedure(s) to be restituted for the crew, the vehicle operating according to a mission carried out by using at least one operational capacity, and further including, for a current mission: obtaining a list of operational capacities required by said current mission; from said required operational capacities and at least one piece of information from an accessible database, controlling the restitution of alert(s) and/or of system(s) reconfiguration procedure(s) by: modifying the associated level of alert(s) and/or of procedure(s), and sequencing the restitution of alert(s) and/or of procedure(s) based on said level, and/or filtering said alert(s) and/or reconfiguration procedure(s) before restitution.

A method of coordinating automated systems, the method includes providing a first automated system that is programmed with a set of predetermined operating instructions that correspond with automated system processing requirements, monitoring an operational status of the first automated system with a second automated system, automatically generating a second system action, with the second automated system, that is complementary to a first system action of the first automated system, where the first system action corresponds to the set of predetermined operating instructions and the second system action depends on the operational status of the first automated system, and performing the second system action with the second automated system so that the second automated system cooperates with the first automated system to perform a predetermined operation.