Method and system for aerial vehicle trajectory management

US8818696B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GE Aviation Systems Limited · GB

Inventors

• Joel Kenneth Klooster · Grand Rapids, US
• Liling Ren · Niskayuna, US
• Joachim Karl Ulf Hochwarth · Caledonia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2011
• Grant date: Aug 26, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 4, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G5/34
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and system of managing an aerial vehicle trajectory is provided. The remote trajectory management system (RTMS) for a fleet of aircraft includes an input specification module configured to manage information specifying flight-specific input data used to generate a trajectory, an aircraft model module including data that specifies a performance of the aircraft and engines of the aircraft, a predict 4D trajectory module configured to receive the specified inputs from the input specification module and an aircraft performance model from aircraft model module and to generate a 4D trajectory for a predetermined flight, and a trajectory export module configured to transmit a predetermined subset of the predicted trajectory to the aircraft.