Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot. A computer content presentation system may be adapted to present computer content to the see-through computer display at a virtual marker, generated by the computer content presentation system, representing a geospatial position of a training asset moving within a visual range of the pilot, such that the pilot sees the computer content from a perspective consistent with the aircraft's position, altitude, attitude, and the pilot's helmet position when the pilot's viewing direction is aligned with the virtual marker.

Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot. A computer content presentation system may be adapted to present computer content to the see-through computer display at a virtual marker, generated by the computer content presentation system, representing a geospatial position of a training asset moving within a visual range of the pilot, such that the pilot sees the computer content from a perspective consistent with the aircraft's position, altitude, attitude, and the pilot's helmet position when the pilot's viewing direction is aligned with the virtual marker.

A method for determining an effect of a simulated obstacle on a main rotor induced velocity of a simulated rotorcraft in a simulation, comprising: receiving an aircraft airspeed of the simulated rotorcraft and a height above ground for the simulated rotorcraft; generating a line of sight vector having a source position located on the simulated rotorcraft, a direction and a given length; determining a distance between the simulated obstacle and the simulated rotorcraft using the line of sight vector, the distance being at most equal to the given length of the line of sight vector; determining an induced airflow velocity using the distance between the simulated obstacle and the simulated rotorcraft, the aircraft airspeed and the height above ground, the induced airflow velocity being caused by a downwash recirculation flow generated by the simulated obstacle; and outputting the induced airflow velocity.

A method for determining an effect of a simulated obstacle on a main rotor induced velocity of a simulated rotorcraft in a simulation, comprising: receiving an aircraft airspeed of the simulated rotorcraft and a height above ground for the simulated rotorcraft; generating a line of sight vector having a source position located on the simulated rotorcraft, a direction and a given length; determining a distance between the simulated obstacle and the simulated rotorcraft using the line of sight vector, the distance being at most equal to the given length of the line of sight vector; determining an induced airflow velocity using the distance between the simulated obstacle and the simulated rotorcraft, the aircraft airspeed and the height above ground, the induced airflow velocity being caused by a downwash recirculation flow generated by the simulated obstacle; and outputting the induced airflow velocity.

An augmented reality system includes a geospatial location system adapted to identify a current location of a vehicle, a plurality of vehicle condition sensors adapted to identify the vehicle's positional attitude, direction of motion, and speed within an environment at the current location, a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within the vehicle and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet the helmet comprising a see-through computer display through which the pilot is enabled to see an environment outside of the vehicle with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot, a data storage module adapted to store the data from the geospatial location system, plurality of vehicle condition sensors and the helmet position sensor with a time of acquisition of each respective type of data and a processor adapted to present geospatially located augmented reality content to the helmet based, at least in part, on vehicle's current location and positional attitude.

An augmented reality system includes a geospatial location system adapted to identify a current location of a vehicle, a plurality of vehicle condition sensors adapted to identify the vehicle's positional attitude, direction of motion, and speed within an environment at the current location, a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within the vehicle and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet the helmet comprising a see-through computer display through which the pilot is enabled to see an environment outside of the vehicle with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot, a data storage module adapted to store the data from the geospatial location system, plurality of vehicle condition sensors and the helmet position sensor with a time of acquisition of each respective type of data and a processor adapted to present geospatially located augmented reality content to the helmet based, at least in part, on vehicle's current location and positional attitude.

A method, includes transmitting data for presenting an augmented reality image of a virtual aircraft positioned at a geospatial location to a pilot operating a real vehicle, wherein the virtual aircraft is presented through a head mounted see-through optical system, transmitting an instruction to present a target lock indication to the pilot, receiving an indication that the pilot has initiated launch of a weapon from the vehicle's weapons system, wherein the indication of launch initiation is communicated to the simulation computer system and the simulation computer system generates a launched weapon, transmitting data for presenting an augmented reality image to the pilot representing the launched weapon and transmitting data for presenting an augmented reality image graphically illustrated as an explosion based at least in part on an estimated intersection of the virtual weapon and virtual aircraft by the simulation computing system.

Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot.

Systems, methods, and computer products according to the principles of the present inventions may involve a training system for a pilot of an aircraft. The training system may include an aircraft sensor system affixed to the aircraft adapted to provide a location of the aircraft, including an altitude of the aircraft, speed of the aircraft, and directional attitude of the aircraft. It may further include a helmet position sensor system adapted to determine a location of a helmet within a cockpit of the aircraft and a viewing direction of a pilot wearing the helmet. The helmet may include a see-through computer display through which the pilot sees an environment outside of the aircraft with computer content overlaying the environment to create an augmented reality view of the environment for the pilot.

A method of driving a main rotor of a rotorcraft in rotation while implementing an in-flight simulation mode that simulates failure of one of the engines of the rotorcraft. In simulation mode, and when a current speed of rotation (NR) of the main rotor is detected as being lower than a predetermined threshold speed of rotation (S), the simulation mode is kept active and a regulation command is generated in order to perform a controlled operation (A) of gradually increasing the power delivered by the engines by authorizing the limit imposed by a setpoint (OEI/2) for regulating operation of the engine in simulation mode to be exceeded. Said gradually increasing power is interrupted by the pilot staying under training and operating a collective pitch manoeuver of the blade of the main rotor providing a rotation of main rotor at the predetermined threshold speed in rotation.