Remotely piloted aircraft telemetry recording using the command and control data link system and related method

A method for remotely piloted aerial vehicle telemetry recording, comprising:

• detecting, within a remote data recorder, at least one Command and Control (C2) signal destined for at least one Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) located remotely from the remote data recorder, the detecting by a receiver offboard the at least one RPV, the remote data recorder configured with a wired port and a wireless port, the C2 signal operating within one of:
• a wired connection and a wireless radio frequency (RF) signal, the C2 signal operatively connecting a control station and the at least one RPV;
• receiving a command signal via one of:
• the wired port and the wireless port, the command signal 1) generated by the control station, 2) destined for the at least one RPV, 3) including at least one associated RPV command, and 4) a portion of the C2 signal;
• receiving a telemetry data signal via one of:
• the wired connection within the receiver and on the wireless RF signal via the receiver antenna, the telemetry data signal 1) generated by the at least one RPV, 2) destined for the control station 3) including at least one associated RPV result, and 4) a portion of the C2 signal;
• receiving the command signal and the telemetry data via a controller operatively coupled with the remote data recorder and with a memory, the memory storing non-transitory computer readable program code for processing the command signal and the telemetry data associated with the at least one RPV, the computer readable program code comprising instructions for causing the controller to perform and direct the steps of:
• receiving system parameters associated with at least one system onboard the at least one RPV;
• storing each of the command signal, the telemetry data, and the system parameters in the memory;
• comparing the received at least one associated RPV result to 1) the at least one associated RPV command and 2) to the stored system parameters;
• determining a threat level associated with the at least one RPV, the threat level determined based on the comparing;
• and
• alerting an authority if the threat level rises above a predetermined threshold.

A method for quality assurance tracking of an aerial vehicle comprising:

• detecting at least one Command and Control (C2) signal destined for at least one Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV), the C2 signal operatively connecting a control station and the at least one RPV;
• extracting from the detected C2 signal and storing to a memory, a command signal 1) generated by the control station, 2) destined for the at least one RPV, 3) including at least one associated RPV command, and 4) a portion of the C2 signal;
• extracting from the detected C2 signal and storing to the memory, a telemetry data signal 1) generated by the at least one RPV, 2) destined for the control station, 3) including at least one associated RPV result, and 4) a portion of the C2 signal;
• receiving and storing system parameters and operational parameters associated with at least one system onboard the at least one RPV;
• comparing the at least one associated RPV result to 1) the at least one associated RPV command and 2) to the stored system parameters;
• determining a threat level associated with the at least one RPV, the threat level determined based on the comparing;
• and
• alerting an authority if the threat level rises above a predetermined threshold.