US 11,668,811 B2
Method and system to identify and display suspicious aircraft
Stefan Alexander Schwindt, Cheltenham (GB)
Assigned to GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham (GB)
Filed by GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham (GB)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/690,564.
Claims priority of application No. 1819030 (GB), filed on Nov. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0166632 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. G01S 13/78 (2006.01); G01S 13/76 (2006.01); G01S 13/91 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 13/781 (2013.01) [G01S 13/765 (2013.01); G01S 13/91 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0078 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of identifying a suspicious or ghost aircraft, the method comprising:
receiving, on a first aircraft, a transmission including an identification address configured to identify an other aircraft;
determining, via an interrogation module, information about the other aircraft based on the identification address to define interrogated data, the interrogated data defining a capability of the other aircraft;
determining real-time information about the other aircraft including an actual performance of the other aircraft;
comparing the real-time information and the interrogated data to determine whether the actual performance of the other aircraft is greater than the capability of the other aircraft;
determining a level of suspicion associated with the other aircraft based on the comparing; and
updating a display, within the first aircraft, based on the level of suspicion.