Patent classifications
G01S19/18
Automatic Ejection Safety Technology with a Skydiving Simulator for Improving Pilot Safety
This invention provides an integrated pilot autonomous ejection system with skydiving safety/training which combines sensors, hardware and software technologies to improve pilot training and safety. It offers pilots state-of-the-art cost-effective Virtual Reality Skydiving and flight simulations which prepares pilots on skydiving after ejections and for the dangers of Vertigo and G-LOC which can result in a crash in seconds. Related flight data including cameras which constantly monitors pilots can be used for debriefings/accident investigations which can be done in minutes. The goal is to improve pilot safety during the transition to fully autonomous fleets of fighter jets which have better warrior capabilities.
Instrumented Spherical Blast Impulse Recording Device (ISBIRD)
An Instrumented Spherical Blast Impulse Recording Device (ISBIRD) provides for survivable test measurement of an explosive blast impulse. The ISBIRD includes a spherical housing formed of a metal having a thickness sufficient to survive the explosive blast wave from a test weapon. A test data module of the ISBIRD includes: (i) a three-axis acceleration sensor; (ii) a memory; and (iii) a controller communicatively coupled to the three-axis acceleration sensor and the memory. The controller executes a data acquisition utility to record acceleration data in three-dimensions from the three-axis acceleration sensor during exposure of the spherical housing to the explosive blast wave. An internal support structure of the ISBIRD is attached inside of the spherical housing and attached to the test data module. The internal support structure centrally locates the test data module within the spherical housing during exposure to the explosive blast wave.
WEAPON USAGE TRACKING WITH IDENTITY TAGGING
Systems and methods are provided for weapon monitoring and action tagging, including storing a defined weapon action, wherein the defined weapon action is defined based on an inertial measurement from a weapon, the inertial measurement data indicative of at least one of a movement of the weapon, an orientation of the weapon, or a direction of the weapon, receiving sensor information from a weapon, wherein the sensor information includes inertial measurement data, evaluating the sensor information to determine the presence of the defined weapon action, and displaying, in response to determining that the defined weapon action occurred, indicia communicating the occurrence of the defined weapon action to a viewer via a graphical interface.
VISUAL RECREATION OF A WEAPONS SYSTEM EVENT
Systems and methods are provided for weapon monitoring, including monitoring a plurality of users, each of the plurality of users having a respective one of a plurality of weapons, receiving signals from the plurality of weapons regarding usage thereof, displaying, via a display device, a graphical representation of geospatial positioning of the weapons, and providing, in response to detecting the change in operating state, an updated graphical representation, the updated graphical representation providing indicia of the change in the operating state.
GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION
A GNSS hostile environment simulator for accurate real-time processor & hardware in the loop (PHIL) simulations of a multiple antenna GNSSR/AJ system models antenna effects over the entire signal bandwidth allowing direct injection of the RF into the GNSSR. Computational efficiency is achieved by applying the antenna patterns in the frequency domain. To preserve the integrity of the antenna signals, the transmitter signals are generated over an extended period to push any residual ringing outside the update window. Efficiency is further enhanced by using a combination of single-precision and double-precision floating-point units to generate the samples of the transmitter signals with single-precision floating-point. All subsequent calculations are then computed in single-precision.
GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION
A GNSS hostile environment simulator for accurate real-time processor & hardware in the loop (PHIL) simulations of a multiple antenna GNSSR/AJ system models antenna effects over the entire signal bandwidth allowing direct injection of the RF into the GNSSR. Computational efficiency is achieved by applying the antenna patterns in the frequency domain. To preserve the integrity of the antenna signals, the transmitter signals are generated over an extended period to push any residual ringing outside the update window. Efficiency is further enhanced by using a combination of single-precision and double-precision floating-point units to generate the samples of the transmitter signals with single-precision floating-point. All subsequent calculations are then computed in single-precision.
Programmable Multi-Waveform RF Generator for Use as Battlefield Decoy
The invention relates to a portable electronic signal generator, and in particular a programmable multi-waveform radiofrequency generator for use as battlefield decoy.
Method and systems for restoring a GPS signal
A method and system for restoring a GPS signal is provided. The method including the steps of receiving a target location, receiving location of visible satellites, calculating a transmit delay, calculating a Doppler offset, calculating a chipping offset, computing navigating data and PRN codes, formulating signals using the transmit delay, Doppler offset, chipping offset, navigation data and PRN codes, and transmitting the formulated signal.
WEAPON MONITORING SYSTEM WITH A MAP-BASED DASHBOARD INTERFACE
A weapon monitoring and remote support system monitors firearms and other assets within a deployment location, and includes a graphical user interface providing a top-down geographic view of the deployment location and coverage areas of weapons within the deployment location, the coverage areas representing positions and orientations of the weapons determined based on sensor information received from one or more sensors of each of the weapons. The graphical user interface may automatically update according to received sensor information, where the updated graphical user interface represents a change to at least one of the coverage areas of weapons, and output instructions for displaying or rendering the graphical user interface to one or more computing devices.
WEAPON USAGE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR INITIATING NOTIFICATIONS AND COMMANDS BASED ON DASHBOARD ACTIONS
Systems and methods are provided for weapon systems monitoring and remote support, including a connection point that receives signals from a plurality of weapons systems within a deployment location, the signals including weapon system type for each of the plurality of weapons systems and sensor information recorded using sensors of the weapons systems. A server device may run application software that receives the signals from the connection point and processes the signals to generate a graphical user interface representing positions and orientations of the weapons systems within the deployment location. The graphical user interface may further represent cones of fire for each of the weapons systems, wherein the application software automatically updates the graphical user interface based on signals indicating changes in the positions and orientations of one or more of the weapons systems.