Methods and systems for flight data based parameter tuning and deployment

A method, implemented by a processor, of model tuning for a specific aircraft asset, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, at least one of recorded and streamed flight data engine measurements for at least one engine of the specific aircraft asset;
• receiving, by the processor, at least one of recorded and streamed flight data flight dynamics measurements for the specific aircraft asset;
• receiving, by the processor, at least one of recorded and streamed flight data aerodynamics measurements for the specific aircraft asset;
• tuning, by the processor, a physics based parametric aerodynamic performance model for the specific aircraft asset using the flight data flight dynamics measurements and the flight data aerodynamics measurements and a physics based engine model for the specific aircraft asset using the flight data engine measurements, the tuning of the engine model and the aerodynamic performance model executed for each of a plurality of time periods to obtain a series of model parameter sets, one for each of the plurality of time periods;
• aggregating deviations of the tuned engine model and the tuned aerodynamic performance model based on each of the model parameter sets to track a status of the specific aircraft asset's status over a period of time;
• combining, by the processor, the tuned aerodynamic performance model for the specific aircraft asset and the tuned engine model for the specific aircraft asset;
• calculating, by the processor based on the combined tuned aerodynamic performance model and the tuned engine model, a performance model for the specific aircraft asset as a whole;
• storing a record of the calculated performance model for the specific aircraft asset for a future deployment in a tangible computer-readable memory;
• deploying the record of the calculated performance model for the specific aircraft asset to at least one of the specific aircraft asset and a ground-based system;
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• optimizing at least one of performance of the aircraft based on the record of the calculated performance model deployed to the specific aircraft asset and one or more of aircraft route and profile for the specific aircraft asset based on the record of the calculated performance model deployed to the ground-based system.