Horizontal and Vertical Mode Indicators provide status information on whether the aircraft is acquiring (transitioning toward) the target state or is capturing or maintaining the target. (In the vertical plane, the FMS changes mode when ‘capture’ of a target altitude occurs. There may or may not be a subsequent guidance mode change when maintaining the target altitude.) These parameters are expected to increase integrity of predicted trajectory changes and to be useful for trajectory conformance monitoring.
Space is reserved for Horizontal and Vertical Conformance validity. These bits would provide indications of pilot or autopilot conformance to target values. Conformance to vertical and horizontal target states are under consideration, but cannot be implemented in DO-242A due to data source availability issues. These bits would determine whether the aircraft is being controlled in the direction of its flight director or autopilot command. In addition, several bits are reserved in the TS report for future growth.
Consider the example shown in Figure 3. An aircraft climbs at constant vertical speed toward the MCP selected altitude of 8,000 ft while flying a constant 090 heading. TS report values for intent elements 4 and 5, implemented in DO-242A, are provided in Table 2. Both of the targets are resident in the MCP, as indicated by the target source indicators. Non-zero values in these fields indicate that the target heading and target altitude are available and considered reliable. This aircraft has the capability to fully support target altitude, as defined above. The mode indicators show that the aircraft is maintaining the target heading and is acquiring, but has not yet captured, the target altitude.
Target Altitude (8,000 ft)
Velocity Vector Target Heading (090 deg)
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