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Embedded mission avionics data link system

  • US 5,883,586 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1996
  • Issued: 03/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A mission avionics datalink system located onboard a vehicle comprising:

  • communication means which provides two way digitized data communications for the vehicle in a plurality of modes of operation;

    data signal processing means in connection with the communications means which identifies information received externally by the vehicle through the communications means, and provides information generated internally by the vehicle systems to the communications means to be transmitted externally and to be transmitted internally to an appropriate component of the vehicle systems, the internal and external information comprising a plurality of mixed modes of data including external video date;

    a datalink control means which recognizes and directs the processing of the information received externally and the information generated internally by the vehicle systems within the datalink system according to the plurality of mixed modes of data, said datalink control means being able to re-configure the mission avionics datalink system depending on the information processed, said datalink control means being configured to communicate with at least one other vehicle within the datalink system;

    a prioritization means connected with the data signal processing means which prioritizes the internal and external information according to the type of mission the vehicle is on and information content and which authenticates the external information to ensure the external information is obtained from a legitimate source for use in operating on system parameters;

    memory means to store the internal and external information;

    display means to process the internal and external information and display to pilot of the vehicle; and

    annotation means to allow the pilot of the vehicle to simultaneously receive the internal and external information, including avionics and mission data, and to annotate the displayed information and either store or transmit the annotated display information externally the annotated display information being correlated with a unique parameter data set that characterizes the internal and external information.

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