System and Method for Location of Aircraft

Authors

Albert D. Helfrick

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering

Document Type

Patent

Publication/Presentation Date

2-18-2016

Abstract/Description

A system and method are provided that includes an aircraft secondary radar transponder activity detector that monitors an aircraft's transponder transmissions and activates an emer­gency locator transmitter to begin transmitting should the aircraft transponder transmissions cease to help locate an aircraft that may have become undetectable by conventional aircraft surveillance and tracking systems.

Patent Number

US 2016/0047880 Al

Assignee

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Application Number

14/816,160

Date Filed

8-3-2015

Scholarly Commons Citation

Helfrick, A. D. (2016). System and Method for Location of Aircraft. , (). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/2181