Patent ID: 9070236
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G01C,G01S,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method to determine time-space-position-information for at least one air-based platform in a flight test, comprising: (a) providing a system having components to collect time-space-position-information (TSPI), said system components, comprising: (b) initializing said system for a flight test, said initializing task, comprising: (c) starting said flight test; (d) remotely monitoring said system to determine system diagnostics, said system diagnostics indicating system health; (e) receiving TSPI data with a plurality of ground-based receiver nodes through a wireless data link signal transmitted from said dedicated on board transmitter on said at least one air-based platform, wherein said dedicated on board transmitter uses a known transmitter signal waveform, wherein said plurality of ground-based receiver nodes match an internally generated signal waveform to said known transmitter signal waveform to measure time of arrival (TOA) and frequency of arrival (FOA); (f) collecting said TSPI data when said system is determined to be functioning properly; (g) sending TSPI data to a ground processing station; (h) processing said TSPI data with said ground processing station and geolocating said on-board transmitter using emitter signal geolocating techniques, said emitter signal geolocating techniques selected from the group of emitter signal geolocating techniques consisting of time of arrival (TOA), frequency of arrival (FOA), time difference of arrival (TDOA), and frequency difference of arrival (FDOA); (i) determining whether said flight test is complete; (j) collecting said system components and said TSPI data; and (k) outputting said TSPI data in a tangible medium.