Example implementations are directed to a method and system for collision avoidance for an aircraft traversing a flight path. The method and system described herein provides an architecture to address the full gamut of complexity that arises when dealing with possible conflicts during aircraft flight. The collision avoidance method and system disclosed herein first receives multiple streams of potential conflict information that not only considers direct obstacles on the flight path of the aircraft, but also considers contextual obstacles that are within a perimeter of the flight path. Once the possible objects are considered, a plurality of alternate flight paths are calculated and the alternate flight path with an acceptable miss distance with a possible obstacle (and minimized deviation from the original flight path) is selected and the aircraft traversing the flight path deviates from the original flight path to the alternate flight path to avoid the collision(s).

The present invention transforms flight profile information, terrain, weather/atmospheric data and flight parameter data via system components into comprehensive hazard avoidance optimized flight plans. Comprehensive hazard avoidance includes synergistic comprehensive flight condition data. In one implementation, the system comprises a processor and a memory disposed in communication with the processor and storing processor-issuable instructions to receive anticipated flight plan parameter data, obtain weather data based on the flight plan parameter data, obtain atmospheric data based on the flight plan parameter data, and determine a plurality of four-dimensional grid points based on the flight plan parameter data. The system may then determine comprehensive hazards mappings. With (near) real-time comprehensive hazard information and/or predictive flight condition specific to aircraft characteristics and/or profile parameters, the system may allow aircraft to avoid areas where comprehensive hazard is greater than a predetermined threshold and/or avoid areas where undesirable flight conditions are anticipated.

The present invention transforms flight profile information, terrain, weather/atmospheric data and flight parameter data via system components into comprehensive hazard avoidance optimized flight plans. Comprehensive hazard avoidance includes synergistic comprehensive flight condition data. In one implementation, the system comprises a processor and a memory disposed in communication with the processor and storing processor-issuable instructions to receive anticipated flight plan parameter data, obtain weather data based on the flight plan parameter data, obtain atmospheric data based on the flight plan parameter data, and determine a plurality of four-dimensional grid points based on the flight plan parameter data. The system may then determine comprehensive hazards mappings. With (near) real-time comprehensive hazard information and/or predictive flight condition specific to aircraft characteristics and/or profile parameters, the system may allow aircraft to avoid areas where comprehensive hazard is greater than a predetermined threshold and/or avoid areas where undesirable flight conditions are anticipated.

An aircraft management system includes: a nearby available-for-landing port search unit configured to search for a nearby available-for-landing port located within a determination threshold distance from a route of the aircraft and able to accept a landing within a predetermined time after a route passing timing; and an alternative candidate port determination unit configured to, if the nearby available-for-landing port is extracted by the nearby available-for-landing port search unit, designate the extracted nearby available-for-landing port as an alternative candidate port for accommodating an emergency landing, or to, if the nearby available-for-landing port is not extracted, change the route of the aircraft to the destination point to a route in which a nearby available-for-landing port is extracted, and then designate the nearby available-for-landing port extracted for the changed route as the alternative candidate port.

An aircraft management system includes: a nearby available-for-landing port search unit configured to search for a nearby available-for-landing port located within a determination threshold distance from a route of the aircraft and able to accept a landing within a predetermined time after a route passing timing; and an alternative candidate port determination unit configured to, if the nearby available-for-landing port is extracted by the nearby available-for-landing port search unit, designate the extracted nearby available-for-landing port as an alternative candidate port for accommodating an emergency landing, or to, if the nearby available-for-landing port is not extracted, change the route of the aircraft to the destination point to a route in which a nearby available-for-landing port is extracted, and then designate the nearby available-for-landing port extracted for the changed route as the alternative candidate port.

An aircraft includes at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the aircraft to at least: in response receiving a first input, control the aircraft to effect an autonomous flight using a first parameter and a second parameter, and during the autonomous flight, in response to receiving a second input, modify the first parameter to obtain a modified first parameter, and control the aircraft to continue the autonomous flight based on the modified first parameter and the second parameter. The first parameter and the second parameter are associated with an autonomous process of the aircraft to achieve a task of the autonomous flight. The second parameter is unchanged.

An aircraft includes at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the aircraft to at least: in response receiving a first input, control the aircraft to effect an autonomous flight using a first parameter and a second parameter, and during the autonomous flight, in response to receiving a second input, modify the first parameter to obtain a modified first parameter, and control the aircraft to continue the autonomous flight based on the modified first parameter and the second parameter. The first parameter and the second parameter are associated with an autonomous process of the aircraft to achieve a task of the autonomous flight. The second parameter is unchanged.

Systems and methods of operating smart notifications are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a first time, a first request to transmit a first electronic message to a pilot account associated with an electronic device, and queuing the first electronic message without notification to the electronic device. The method also includes receiving, at a second time, a second request to transmit a second electronic message to the electronic device, and queuing the second electronic message without notification to the electronic device. The method further includes in response to identifying an end of the restricted period, transmitting, at a third time after the end of the restricted period, a third electronic message to the pilot account associated with electronic device, the third electronic message comprising an updated flight event in accordance with a first flight event and a second flight event.

Systems and methods of operating smart notifications are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a first time, a first request to transmit a first electronic message to a pilot account associated with an electronic device, and queuing the first electronic message without notification to the electronic device. The method also includes receiving, at a second time, a second request to transmit a second electronic message to the electronic device, and queuing the second electronic message without notification to the electronic device. The method further includes in response to identifying an end of the restricted period, transmitting, at a third time after the end of the restricted period, a third electronic message to the pilot account associated with electronic device, the third electronic message comprising an updated flight event in accordance with a first flight event and a second flight event.

A systema and method for atmospheric anomaly detection is disclosed. The method may include performing a time synching between a network of ground-based nodes and a plurality of satellites of a constellation. The method may include directing a transmission of signals between the network and the plurality of satellites, where the signals are configured to be aimed along a plurality of paths through an atmospheric space between the network and the satellites. The method may also include receiving and aggregating signal data corresponding to the signals via at least one of the network or the satellites, determining signal characteristics based on the signal data, identifying one or more atmospheric anomalies based on the signal characteristics, and adjusting a flight plan based on the one or more atmospheric anomalies.