An integrated multifunction dynamic display system and method for an air vehicle that provides an interactive user experience. The system is based around an array of multifunction display nodes that are disposed throughout the air vehicle. The multifunction display nodes are connected through a databus or network such that the display nodes can operate individually or in combination to create a desired interactive experience. The nodes can include interior lighting, exterior lighting, interior displays, exterior displays, and windows. The multifunction dynamic display system can be used to control or otherwise provide interior lighting or displays, loading/unloading instruction, inflight entertainment or information, emergency notification and instruction, augmented reality, external lighting and displays. In addition, the multifunction dynamic display can be configured for each passenger.

A computerized-system for anomaly detection of Point-to-Point avionic communication messages via a message-bus between an entity to one or more aircraft-systems in an aircraft during phases of flight, is provided herein. The computerized-system may include a bus-message queue to store bus-avionic-communication-messages transmitted via one or more input buses; an anomaly queue to store anomaly bus-messages; a memory to store the bus-message queue and the anomaly queue; a C-BIT mechanism to operate one or more preconfigured test routines; and one or more processors to operate a rule engine based on a preconfigured ruleset to detect one or more anomalies of bus-avionic-communication-messages for each bus-message in the bus-message queue; The rule engine may be configured to store each bus-message that is detected as an anomaly in the anomaly queue and to send one or more alerts to be presented via one or more external devices for each bus-message in the anomaly queue.

A fault-tolerant command and control system including a plurality of flight devices, a plurality of flight computers, a distribution network including a plurality of switches and cables connecting the plurality of flight devices to the plurality of flight computers, and a power source connected to the distribution network.

Devices, systems, and methods for routing data to distributed devices in an aircraft are disclosed. A data routing system includes an aircraft and an equipment communicatively coupled to a control unit. The aircraft includes a control unit, and one or more distributed modules. The control unit is configured to communicate with each of the one or more distributed modules via an engine control bus. The control unit is configured to receive an Ethernet packet from the equipment via an Ethernet connection, translate protocols of the Ethernet packet to protocols for the engine control bus, identify an IP address in the Ethernet packet, and route data of the Ethernet packet to one of the one or more distributed modules over the engine control bus based on the IP address and the translated protocols.

The present invention is a system and method for evaluating runway conditions that combines known brake control systems with a new runway condition monitoring unit working in conjunction with an anti-skid/brake control unit to improve runway condition evaluation. The runway condition monitoring unit is installed on an airplane and receives data from the brake control unit, and processes that data through hardware and software to formulate a runway condition report of the airplane while landing on a runway. The invention may include additional sensors or interfaces that supplement the data received from the BCU. The runway condition monitoring unit contains a processor and interfaces that calculates and creates a runway condition report. The runway condition monitoring unit communicates the report by way of the avionics communication network on the airplane to devices that then send the runway condition report to consumers of the data, such as the flight deck, air traffic controllers, airport operators and airline operations.

An aircraft comprising a first power supply such as a battery, avionics including a plurality of sensors that provide aircraft parameter information, a transceiver and a gateway. The gateway includes a processing system and is coupled to the first power supply, avionics and transceiver. The gateway is configured to operate in a first mode to receive from the transceiver a remote wake request initiated by a user of a remote communication device, power on at least portions of the avionics in response to the received remote wake request by causing the first power supply to be coupled to the at least portions of the avionics, receive aircraft parameter information from the powered on portions of the avionics, and provide the received aircraft parameter information to the transceiver for transmission from the aircraft, optionally to the user of the remote communication device.

A communication network on board a vehicle is a deterministic switched Ethernet network using virtual links, including a set of subscriber devices and a set of switches in which communications are performed redundantly. To manage redundancy, each data frame transmitted on a virtual link includes a frame number in a numbering field of the frame. The transmitter and/or receiver subscriber devices on the virtual link take into account a length of the numbering field equal to a first predetermined length when the BAG value associated with the virtual link is greater than or equal to a predetermined BAG value, otherwise equal to a second predetermined length greater than the first length.

A user station for a bus system and a method for transmitting a message at different bit rates in a bus system is provided. The user station includes a communication control unit for creating a message for at least one further user station of the bus system. The communication control unit is designed to provide in the message a first phase to be transmitted at a first bit rate, and to provide a second phase to be transmitted at a second bit rate, which is faster or slower than the first bit rate. The communication control unit is designed to provide in the message between the first and second phase a predetermined bit pattern for a bit rate switchover between the first and second bit rate. The predetermined bit pattern includes, both before and after the bit rate switchover, a flank for synchronization.

A system for an airborne platform includes a network controller, a first subsystem having a number of devices configured to communicate a first data type, and a second subsystem having a number of devices configured to communicate a second data type. The network controller includes a processing circuit and is communicably coupled to the first subsystem and to the second subsystem. The processing circuit is configured to receive data relating to the first data type over a first plurality of communication channels and data relating to the second data type over a second plurality of communication channels. The processing circuit is further configured to multiplex the data relating to the first data type and the second data type to a multiplexed data stream configured for communication over a single communication channel. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the multiplexed data stream over a data transmission line.

A smart network access point (SNAP) device is disclosed. In embodiments, the SNAP device includes trunk ports for accepting a network trunk cable (e.g., fiber optic trunk) and thereby connecting the SNAP device to an aircraft-based network of SNAP devices. The SNAP device includes switch ports for incorporating physical connections to mission systems (MS) or air vehicle systems (AVS) components and devices, providing a local smart point of presence (SPoP) throughout a physical subdivision (e.g., network district) of an aircraft. The SNAP device is configured for monitoring data exchanges between local MS/AVS components and the aircraft network. The SNAP device includes a cybersecurity module for connecting to local security components (e.g., data guards and multiple levels of security (MLS) encryption/decryption) or for providing built-in data guard and encryption/decryption services. The SNAP device includes power control components for managing power distribution to the connected local network components.