A computer implemented method and system of instructing one or more weather drones. The method includes analysing a first data set comprising flight path data indicative of the flight paths of one or more aircrafts over a predefined time period. The method includes identifying, based on said analysis, at least one geographical region which is not intercepted by or adjacent to, any of the flight paths of the one or more aircrafts. The method includes instructing one or more weather drones to fly to the at least one geographical region.

A movable object includes one or more processors individually or collectively configured to assess a location of the movable object, calculate a distance between the movable object and a restricted region using the location of the movable object, assess whether the distance falls within a first distance threshold, and instruct the movable object to take a movement response measure selected from (1) a first movement response measure when the distance falls within the first distance threshold, and (2) a second movement response measure different from the first movement response measure when the distance falls outside the first distance threshold. The first movement response measure is related to a current movement status of the movable object.

An UAV monitoring server causes a base object of an UAV base to be displayed on a two-dimensional map screen, and also causes, based on an operation status of each of a plurality of UAVs, information indicating the UAV in flight standby, take-off operation, or landing operation at the UAV base and information indicating the UAV in flight outside the UAV base to be displayed in a different display mode on the two-dimensional map screen.

A vehicle management system includes a missile avoidance system that generates command for controlling at least one function of a vehicle. The missile avoidance system includes a maneuver control unit and a missile avoidance management unit. The maneuver control unit includes at least two control models. Each of the at least two control models generates the command for controlling the at least one function of the vehicle, and each of the at least two control models can be selectively put in an active state or an inactive state. The missile avoidance management unit selects one of the at least two control models and putts it in the active state. The maneuver control unit outputs the command for controlling the at least one function of the vehicle provided by the control model that is in the active state.

A vehicle control and interface system described herein assists an operator of an aerial vehicle with the operation of an aerial vehicle, including automated control of the aerial vehicle during flight. The system can generate a graphical user interface (GUI) on which lateral guidance and vertical guidance initiation elements are displayed. The system can conditionally disable the vertical guidance initiation element from operator interaction until at least the operator interacts with the lateral guidance initiation element (e.g., to prevent an undesirable roll maneuver during descent). If the operator interacts with the vertical guidance initiation element before engaging lateral guidance, the aerial vehicle may maintain a current altitude rather than climb or descend according to a target vertical guidance route. In this way, the GUI reformats elements based on the operational state of the aerial vehicle and reduces a risk of operational error.

A method and a system for establishing a route of an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method includes identifying an object from surface scanning data and shaping a space, which facilitates autonomous flight, as a layer, collecting surface image data for a flight path from the shaped layer, and analyzing a change in image resolution according to a distance from the object through the collected surface image data and extracting an altitude value on a flight route.

A task processing method includes obtaining a task data loading request; and searching for target task data in a task database according to the task data loading request, where the task database stores task data corresponding to one or more tasks, and the target task data includes a coordinate of a waypoint of a target route of a target task. The method further includes controlling a movable object to reproduce the target task corresponding to the target task data. Controlling the movable object to reproduce the target task includes controlling the movable object to move according to the target route corresponding to the target task data.

Techniques for facilitating an autonomous operation, such as an autonomous navigation, of an unmanned vehicle based on one or more fiducials. For example, image data of a fiducial may be generated with an optical sensor of the unmanned vehicle. The image data may be analyzed to determine a location of the fiducial. A location of the unmanned vehicle may be estimated from the location of the fiducial and the image. The autonomous navigation of the unmanned vehicle may be directed based on the estimated location.

An aircraft having an augmented reality flight control system integrated with and operable from the pilot seat and an associated pilot headgear unit, wherein the flight control system is supplemented by flight-assisting artificial intelligence and geo-location systems. Embodiments include an augmented reality flight control system incorporating real-world objects with virtual elements to provide relevant data to a pilot during aircraft flight. A translucent substrate is disposed in the pilot's field of view such that the pilot can see therethrough, and observe virtual elements displayed on the substrate. The system includes a headgear that is worn by the pilot. A flight assistance module is configured to receive data related to the aircraft and provide predictive assistance to the pilot during flight based on the received data based in part on a pilot profile having preferences related to the pilot.

Aircraft guidance with a multi-vehicle network is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to determine a position of an aircraft in a contested area includes a direction and distance calculator to determine a relative position of the aircraft to a mobile platform based on a signal transmitted between the aircraft and the mobile platform. The apparatus further includes a position calculator to calculate the position of the aircraft based on the relative position and a position of the mobile platform.