Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for unmanned aerial vehicle authorization and geofence envelope determination. One of the methods includes determining, by an electronic system in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), an estimated fuel remaining in the UAV. An estimated fuel consumption of the UAV is determined. Estimated information associated with wind affecting the UAV is determined using information obtained from sensors included in the UAV. Estimated flights times remaining for a current path, and one or more alternative flight paths, are determined using the determined estimated fuel remaining, determined estimated fuel consumption, determined information associated wind, and information describing each flight path. In response to the electronic system determining that the estimated fuel remaining, after completion of the current flight path, would be below a first threshold, an alternative flight path is selected.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for unmanned aerial vehicle authorization and geofence envelope determination. One of the methods includes determining, by an electronic system in an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), an estimated fuel remaining in the UAV. An estimated fuel consumption of the UAV is determined. Estimated information associated with wind affecting the UAV is determined using information obtained from sensors included in the UAV. Estimated flights times remaining for a current path, and one or more alternative flight paths, are determined using the determined estimated fuel remaining, determined estimated fuel consumption, determined information associated wind, and information describing each flight path. In response to the electronic system determining that the estimated fuel remaining, after completion of the current flight path, would be below a first threshold, an alternative flight path is selected.

In at least some implementations, a method of controlling a vehicle-based drone includes determining a need for secondary navigation data within a sensing area of one or more vehicle sensors, commanding the drone to depart from the vehicle, receiving at the vehicle secondary navigation data from the drone, and operating the vehicle at least in part as a function of the secondary navigation data.

A method for assisting with operations to be effected during a phase of movement over the ground in an airport. The method comprises: obtaining, for at least one phase of movement over the ground performed in an airport, by an aircraft of a fleet, data each representative of one event of a list of events, and a geolocation point of the event and a condition of the phase of movement over the ground; determining, for at least one route, an occurrence rate of each event realized on the route, and per geolocation point, solely on the basis of the data for which the condition of the phase of movement over the ground meets a predefined criterion. A datum representative of a determined occurrence rate and of an associated geolocation point are provided. Also a system.

A computer processing system for optimising a sequence of aircraft at an airport is disclosed. The system comprises a module configured to receive flight plan data associated with a plurality of journeys between an origin and destination wherein each journey is associated with a different aircraft and wherein the flight plan data comprises flight schedule data associated with the plurality of different journeys; a second module coupled to the first module wherein the second module is configured to determine an aircraft taxi time, EXOT, based on the flight plan data; a third module coupled to the first module and the second module wherein the third module is configured to determine a target take-off time, TTOT, associated with each of the plurality of different journeys wherein the target take-off time is determined based on the taxi time, EXOT, and the flight plan data.

An aerial vehicle includes a communication unit configured to receive a wireless signal from a geo-fencing device, and a flight controller configured to generate one or more control signals that cause the aerial vehicle to operate in accordance with a set of flight regulations generated based on the wireless signal. The geo-fencing device is configured not for landing of the aerial vehicle. The set of flight regulations includes rules for controlling at least one of the aerial vehicle, a carrier carried by the aerial vehicle, or a payload of the aerial vehicle.

Provided is a determination device that includes a usage plan acquisition unit that acquires a usage plan of a corridor formed for navigation of a drone, a storage unit that stores reservation information of the corridor, a calculation unit that calculates a determination parameter relating to congestion in the corridor corresponding to the usage plan by referring to the reservation information, a prediction unit that predicts a congestion status of the corridor according to the calculated determination parameter, a determination unit that generates determination information relating to availability of the corridor according to the predicted congestion status of the corridor, and an output unit that outputs the determination information relating to availability of the corridor.

Systems and methods for terminal procedure prediction for flight planning include obtaining, at a processor, input data corresponding to an upcoming flight of an aircraft; obtaining, at the processor, predicted data corresponding to the upcoming flight; and processing, at the processor, the input data and the predicted data to obtain a terminal procedure prediction associated with the upcoming flight, the terminal procedure prediction at least partially based on flight plans of historical flights having conditions similar to the input data and the predicted data.

A method of enhanced processing used to discriminate between ADS-B messages with a duplicate announced address comprising: receiving ADS-B messages that comprise information for display by a display of traffic information from at least two targets on a receiver; identifying the ADS-B messages having the duplicate announced address with one of the at least two targets using at least one discriminator by assigning a weighting factor to the at least one discriminator and, where the integration of the at least one discriminator and weighting factor exceeds a predetermined threshold value, considering the ADS-B messages that were subject to the at least one discriminator as being discriminated messages associated with one of the at least two targets; and displaying information provided by the discriminated messages on a display of traffic information as if the discriminated messages had been initially associated with only one of the at least two targets.

Methods, devices, and systems for air traffic control (ATC) flight management are described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive airport information associated with an airport, generate, using the airport information, an ATC flight management analysis that includes an airport map showing locations of aircraft at the airport and a card panel including a number of flight cards, where each respective one of the number of flight cards corresponds to a different respective one of the aircraft at the airport, and a user interface to display the ATC flight management analysis in a single integrated display.