Integrated airborne transponder and collision avoidance system

US6789016B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. · US

Inventors

• Carl Raymond Bayh · Smithtown, US
• Paul F. Drobnicki · Holbrook, US
• Scott Esbin · Massapequa, US
• Michael S. Murphy · San Diego, US
• Randolph Purdy · Sayville, US
• David P. Wolff · Tustin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 7, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 12, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G5/723
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An airborne collision avoidance system includes a receiver stage constructed and arranged to detect (a) at a first radio frequency, first interrogation signals, and first collision resolution advisory (RA) signals transmitted from other nearby aircraft, and (b) at a second radio frequency, first acquisition signals including position information with respect to the nearby aircraft, and first reply signals from the nearby aircraft. A transmitter stage is constructed to produce (a) at the first radio frequency, second interrogation signals and second collision RA signals, and (b) at the second radio frequency, second acquisition signals including position information with respect to the given aircraft, and second reply signals from the given aircraft in response to the first interrogation signals. Tracking and collision avoidance information derived by a system processor from the detected first acquisition and first RA signals is shown on a cockpit display. The receiver and the transmitter stages are coupled to a single pair of upper and lower fuselage antennas through a T/R switch module.