Patent ID: 8838300
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft system comprising: a housing; a standby aircraft management system associated with the housing and configured to provide communications, navigation, and control of a number of aircraft systems needed for flight and landing of an aircraft in which the standby aircraft management system is located when at least one of: a network, configured to connect avionics in the aircraft to systems in the aircraft, does not operate as desired; and a power bus system is unable to provide a desired level of power to the network; a number of direct connections configured to exchange information between the standby aircraft management system and the number of aircraft systems when the network does not work as desired, such that the number of aircraft systems comprises a standby aircraft system that only operates when a primary aircraft system does not function as desired; and a backup power system configured to supply power to the standby aircraft management system when the power is unavailable from the aircraft, such that the housing, the standby aircraft management system, and the backup power system are located in at least one of: a tablet computer, and an electronic flight bag.