Collision avoidance system and method

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a device, data related to one or more obstacles proximate to a flight path traversed by an aircraft;
• determining a plurality of alternate flight path options when the flight path is below a threshold distance and within a prediction confidence threshold,
• wherein each of the plurality of alternate flight path options is a corresponding alternate flight path that deviates from the flight path;
• selecting an alternate flight path, from the plurality of alternate flight path options, based on a safety parameter value,
• wherein the safety parameter value is based on at least a predicted miss distance between the aircraft and the one or more obstacles;
• and
• transmitting the selected alternate flight path to a guidance system of the aircraft.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors to:
• receive data related to one or more obstacles proximate to a flight path traversed by an aircraft;
• determine a plurality of alternate flight path options when the flight path is one or more of:
• below a threshold distance, or
• within a prediction confidence threshold, and
• wherein each of the plurality of alternate flight path options includes a corresponding alternate flight path that deviates from the flight path;
• select an alternate flight path, from the plurality of alternate flight path options, based on a safety parameter value,
• wherein the safety parameter value is based on at least a predicted miss distance between the aircraft and the one or more obstacles;
• and
• transmit the alternate flight path to a guidance system of the aircraft.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive data related to one or more obstacles proximate to a flight path traversed by an aircraft;
• determine a plurality of alternate flight path options when the flight path is below a threshold distance and within a prediction confidence threshold,
• wherein each of the plurality of alternate flight path options includes a corresponding alternate flight path that deviates from the flight path;
• select an alternate flight path, from the plurality of alternate flight path options, based on a safety parameter value,
• wherein the safety parameter value is based on at least a predicted miss distance between the aircraft and the one or more obstacles;
• and
• transmit the alternate flight path.