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US 10,909,858 B2Granted
Aircraft flight management systems and methods
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsSamantha Schwartz, Melissa Irene Blackstun, Theresa Ernsbach, Brian Azcuenaga, Stephen Solomon Altus, Aaron Pilcher, Jeffrey Lee Williams
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Abstract
An aircraft management system and method includes a flight plan diversion prediction system including a rerouting control unit that is configured to generate one or more reroute options for an aircraft based on an analysis of a current position of the aircraft, a predicted future position of the aircraft, a current position of an in-flight hazard, and a predicted future position of the in-flight hazard.
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An aircraft management system, comprising:
- a flight plan diversion prediction system including a rerouting control unit that is configured to generate one or more reroute options for an aircraft based on an analysis of a current position of the aircraft, a predicted future position of the aircraft, a current position of an in-flight hazard, and a predicted future position of the in-flight hazard, wherein the one or more reroute options comprise one or more flight aspects including remaining fuel and weight for the aircraft at a destination location.
An aircraft management method, comprising:
- determining a current position of an aircraft within an airspace;
- determining a current position of an in-flight hazard within the airspace;
- predicting, by a rerouting control unit of a flight plan diversion prediction system, a predicted future position of the aircraft;
- predicting, by the rerouting control unit, a predicted future position of the in-flight hazard;
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- generating one or more reroute options for the aircraft based on an analysis of the current position of the aircraft, the predicted future position of the aircraft, the current position of an in-flight hazard, and the predicted future position of the in-flight hazard, wherein the one or more reroute options comprise one or more flight aspects including remaining fuel and weight for the aircraft at a destination location.
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