Aircraft tracking system and method

A receiver and transmitter of enroute aircraft data (RATEAD) system, said system comprising:

• a computing device;
• a plurality of buoys at a plurality of locations;
• and
• a plurality of network enabled devices, wherein
• each network enabled device of said plurality of network enabled devices is integrated with a corresponding buoy of said plurality of buoys,
• a first buoy of said plurality of buoys is configured to determine presence of an aircraft within a coverage area of said first buoy,
• said aircraft flies along a route from a source station to a destination station,
• a first network enabled device of said plurality of network enabled devices is integrated with said first buoy,
• said first network enabled device is configured to communicatively couple with said aircraft based on said determined presence of said aircraft within said coverage area of said first buoy,
• data of said aircraft is communicatively transmitted in real-time to said first network enabled device,
• said aircraft is communicatively coupled to said first network enabled device for a first time period,
• a first memory coupled with said first network enabled device stores said data received from said aircraft during said first time period,
• after an end of said first time period, said first network enabled device is configured to transmit a unique identifier associated with said aircraft to a second buoy of said plurality of buoy and said second buoy is configured to determine whether said aircraft is present within a coverage area of said second buoy,
• said second buoy is next to said first buoy along said route of said aircraft from said source station to said destination station,
• a second network enabled device of said plurality of network enabled devices is integrated with said second buoy,
• based on the determination that said aircraft is not present within said coverage area of said second buoy at an expiry of a second time period after said first time period, said second network enabled device is configured to transmit an alarm signal to said computing device, and
• based on said alarm signal, said computing device is configured to:
• generate an alarm that indicates missing of said aircraft from said route,
• transmit a query signal to each of said plurality of network enabled devices in said route of said aircraft, wherein said query signal includes said unique identifier of said missing aircraft, and
• receive, from said first network enabled device, said data of said missing aircraft stored in said first memory during the first time period before the missing of said aircraft from said route.