According to the present invention, a drone control system includes: a flying drone; a cloud server configured to transmit and receive information to and from the drone by wireless communication; and a ground control system configured to establish a flight plan of the drone by connecting the drone and the cloud server by the wireless communication.

Described are various embodiments of a flight management method and system using same. In one embodiment, a digital flight management system comprises: a digital processing environment comprising instructions to access: flight request data related to a flight plan; aircraft parameter data; a flight risk data source; and geographical data. The instructions are executable to: calculate a predicted flight path; digitally compare the predicted flight path with flight risk data from the flight risk data source to assess a flight risk associated with the predicted flight path; and display via a user interface the predicted fight path in accordance with the flight risk.

Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting a legend are provided. One system comprises a display unit; a user input device configured to receive a first input indicating a first altitude value; one or more processors; and a memory configured to store one or more programs, the one or more programs being configured for execution by the one or more processors and including instructions for: retrieving weather information corresponding to the first input; generating a command signal for displaying a legend having a color-code or shading-code associated with a plurality of attributes included in the retrieved weather information; and displaying the legend, on the display unit, in association with the retrieved weather information.

The systems, methods, and apparatuses described herein provide integrated weather forecast products designed to assist operations managers with operational decision-making related to a designated event or set of events. The present disclosure provides a way to process weather data from various sources and in diverse data formats containing varying spatial resolutions and temporal resolutions, in order to generate an integrated and cohesive weather projection product such that the weather projection product is continuous in both. spatial and temporal domains, subject to data availability, relative to a designated event or set of events.

Techniques for generating flight operation recommendation for an aircraft are described. In operation, a flight safety hazard is detected on a flight path corresponding to a current flight operation of an aircraft. In response, the current flight operation is modified to generate a modified flight operation. A plurality of avionics parameters is then obtained from avionics systems available onboard the aircraft. A variation in the flight safety hazard is then detected based on at least one avionics parameter from the plurality of avionics parameters. Upon ascertaining the variation to be detrimental to the modified flight operation of the aircraft, the plurality of avionics parameters is analysed using a flight operation recommendation model to generate a plurality of flight operation recommendations. A flight operation recommendation from the plurality of flight operation recommendations is then applied to the modified flight operation.

Disclosed is a method for determining an atmospheric radiative forcing difference by optimising or preventing contrail formation caused by an aircraft. The method comprises receiving one or more weather parameters to determine contrail forecast data; receiving one or more flight parameters associated with aircraft to determine flight data; determining tentative atmospheric radiative forcing quantity, along tentative flight trajectory, based on contrail forecast data and flight data; altering one or more flight parameters to determine optimised flight trajectory having optimum atmospheric radiative forcing quantity, wherein optimised flight trajectory is validated using imagery data; and determining an atmospheric radiative forcing difference to evaluate offset value for at least one forcing parameter associated with atmospheric radiative forcing difference. Disclosed also is an apparatus for determining atmospheric radiative forcing caused by aircraft by optimising or preventing contrail formation. Further, disclosed is computer program product to carry out aforementioned method.

A system for determining a flight plan based on internet connectivity includes at least one processor coupled with a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing processor-executable code for causing the at least one processor to receive internet connectivity data for a plurality of airspace regions, where the internet connectivity data is indicative of an internet connectivity characteristic; and determine a flight plan for an aircraft through at least one region of the plurality of airspace regions based on the internet connectivity characteristic.

An interactive record keeping system includes a display system, a user input device, an input-output interface and a controller. The controller is configured to receive user input data indicative of a user display preference and a known waypoint location from the user input device, receive aircraft data indicative of a current aircraft operating parameter and receive environmental data indicative of a current environmental condition, both correlating with the known waypoint location. The controller is further configured to calculate an aircraft performance parameter based on the received aircraft data; generate display data based on the calculated aircraft performance parameter, the received environmental data, and the user display preference; provide the display data to the display system; and store the calculated aircraft performance parameter and the environmental data in a memory.

A registration authority (RA) server registers unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their owners/operators (O/O). A UAV is maintained in a flight lock state until a flight plan request from the O/O is approved by the RA, which sends an key-signed approval to unlock the UAV's flight lock. The RA server evaluates a UAV's proposed flight plan based on the attributes of the O/O and UAV, the location and time of the requested flight plan, and a set of flight rules and exclusion zones that are developed in view of privacy assurance, security assurance, flight safety assurance, and ground safety assurance. The flight plan key-signed approval supplied to the UAV by the RA server specifies an inclusion zone that corresponds to a flight plan trajectory to be followed. Once in flight, the UAV maintains real-time knowledge of its position and time to ensure its flight remains within the approved inclusion zone.

One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a flight plan request for a drone. The flight plan request comprises a drone identity, departure information, and arrival information. The method further comprises constructing a modified flight plan for the drone based on the flight plan request, wherein the modified flight plan represents an approved, congestion reducing, and executable flight plan for the drone, and the modified flight plan comprises a sequence of four-dimensional (4D) cells representing a planned flight path for the drone. For each 4D cell of the modified flight plan, the method further comprises attempting to place an exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, and in response to a failure to place the exclusive lock on behalf of the drone on the 4D cell, rerouting the modified flight plan around the 4D cell to a random neighboring 4D cell.