Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft flight management systems and methods
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Application No.: US16145705Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US10909858B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Samantha Schwartz , Melissa Irene Blackstun , Theresa Ernsbach , Brian Azcuenaga , Stephen Solomon Altus , Aaron Pilcher , Jeffrey Lee Williams
- Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: The Small Patent Law Group LLC
- Agent Joseph M. Butscher
- Main IPC: G08G5/00
- IPC: G08G5/00 ; B64D45/00

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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