Air combat monitoring system and methods and apparatus useful therefor
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1. An air combat monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of GPS receivers, mountable on a corresponding plurality of aircraft;
an avionics monitor mountable on each of the corresponding plurality of aircraft for monitoring the avionics systems of the aircraft;
a memory for storing information received from the GPS receivers indicating the location of the plurality of aircraft and information received from the avionics monitor in order to provide a reviewable output indication of the performance of the plurality of aircraft;
an information disseminator for communicating said information among said plurality of aircraft includingmeans employing GPS signals for synchronization of aircraft mounted apparatus on the plurality of aircraft; and
means employing time division multiplexing for communicating said information among the plurality of aircraft.
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Abstract
An air combat monitoring system comprising a plurality of GPS receivers, mountable on a corresponding plurality of aircraft, an avionics monitor for monitoring the avionics systems of the plurality of aircraft, a memory for storing information received from the GPS receivers indicating the location of the plurality of aircraft and information received from the avionics monitor in order to provide a reviewable output indication of the performance of the plurality of aircraft and an information disseminator for communicating said information among said plurality of aircraft.
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1. An air combat monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of GPS receivers, mountable on a corresponding plurality of aircraft; an avionics monitor mountable on each of the corresponding plurality of aircraft for monitoring the avionics systems of the aircraft; a memory for storing information received from the GPS receivers indicating the location of the plurality of aircraft and information received from the avionics monitor in order to provide a reviewable output indication of the performance of the plurality of aircraft; an information disseminator for communicating said information among said plurality of aircraft including means employing GPS signals for synchronization of aircraft mounted apparatus on the plurality of aircraft; and means employing time division multiplexing for communicating said information among the plurality of aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16)
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12. An air combat monitoring method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of GPS receivers, mountable on a corresponding plurality of aircraft; monitoring the avionics systems of the plurality of aircraft; storing information received from the GPS receivers indicating the location of the plurality of aircraft and information received from the avionics monitor in order to provide a reviewable output indication of the performance of the plurality of aircraft; communicating said information among said plurality of aircraft; synchronizing aircraft apparatus mounted on the plurality of aircraft by means of GPS signals received by said GPS receivers; and time division multiplexing data communicated among the plurality of aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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