The invention is directed to an integrated, multi-level airport terminal system with a plurality of cells disposed in an adjoining relation to one another. Each of the plurality of cells have a plurality of levels. At least one ramp member is disposed through each of the plurality of cells. The ramp member is disposed through an internal environment of each of the plurality of cells for transiting at least one aircraft through at least one cell of the plurality of cells in a sequential arrangement. Each of the plurality of cells are disposed in the adjoining relation to one another to define at least one row. At least one row is further disposed in a corresponding relation to at least another row. The invention is also related to a method of transiting at least one aircraft arriving in and departing out of the integrated, multi-level airport terminal system.

In a method of loading checked luggage on unit load devices corresponding to an aircraft having a passenger compartment, each piece of checked luggage is associated with a unique identifier. Each piece of checked luggage is weighed and its weight is associated with its corresponding unique identifier. A best possible luggage placement is calculated considering a distribution of passenger weight, thereby allowing the passengers to sit at their preferred location rather than by pre-allocation. A desired placement of the checked luggage is calculated based on the weight of each piece of checked luggage, the acceptable distribution of weight in the passenger compartment and overall fuel state over mission profile. Loading personnel are allowed to place luggage in the unit load devices and are instructed to stop loading the selected ones of the unit load devices when a deciding point is dynamically achieved by a recalculation of center of gravity shift each time a bag is loaded onto one of the unit load devices so as to achieve the best possible placement of check luggage. The recalculation of the center of gravity shift is done based on placement of the unit load devices in the aircraft luggage compartments.

An aspect of the present invention provides a pickup system which makes, even in a case of transporting a load by using a single unmanned flying object, the unmanned flying object and the load less likely to tilt. A pickup system (1) includes: a holder (11) for holding a load (L); a measuring instrument (14) for measuring the position of the center of gravity of the holder (11) holding the load (L); and a controller (15) for moving, to a position immediately above the position of the center of gravity of the holder (11) holding the load (L), a connector (12) which is attached to the holder (11) in a movable manner and which is for connecting the holder (11) to a drone (D).

An aspect of the present invention provides a pickup system which makes, even in a case of transporting a load by using a single unmanned flying object, the unmanned flying object and the load less likely to tilt. A pickup system (1) includes: a holder (11) for holding a load (L); a measuring instrument (14) for measuring the position of the center of gravity of the holder (11) holding the load (L); and a controller (15) for moving, to a position immediately above the position of the center of gravity of the holder (11) holding the load (L), a connector (12) which is attached to the holder (11) in a movable manner and which is for connecting the holder (11) to a drone (D).

A system is provided for multi-engine coordination of gas turbine engine motoring in an aircraft. The system includes a controller operable to determine a motoring mode as a selection between a single engine dry motoring mode and a multi-engine dry motoring mode based on at least one temperature of a plurality of gas turbine engines and initiate dry motoring based on the motoring mode.

An operation management device is configured to acquire a subscriber ID to identify a subscriber joining a service using a mobile telephone line from a mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line, to acquire the position information representing the position of a flight device, which the mobile terminal acquires from the flight device before or during its flight over a wireless communication line different from the mobile telephone line, from the mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line, and to acquire a device ID to identify the flight device from the mobile terminal over the mobile telephone line.

Methods, devices, and systems of various embodiments are disclosed for managing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) charging station having a docking terminal. In various embodiments, a priority of a first UAV and a second UAV may be determined for using the docking terminal when a docking request is received from the second UAV while the first UAV occupies the docking terminal. In some embodiments, the priorities of the first and second UAVs may be based on an available power level of each of the first and second UAVs. The first UAV may be instructed to undock from the docking terminal in response to determining that the second UAV has a higher priority.

A ground station for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a box assembly, a hatch assembly, and a landing pad assembly. The hatch assembly is pivotably coupled to the box assembly. The landing pad assembly is movably coupled to the box assembly and is movably coupled to the hatch assembly.

A ground station for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a box assembly, a hatch assembly, and a landing pad assembly. The hatch assembly is pivotably coupled to the box assembly. The landing pad assembly is movably coupled to the box assembly and is movably coupled to the hatch assembly.

An operations platform includes a structure configured to house and transport drones and a storage facility configured to store the drones within the structure. The operations platform includes a lift or conveyor configured to move the plurality of drones to/from a launching area. In some implementations, the operations platform may also include at least one robotic element configured to move the drones to and from the storage facility.