Systems and methods for flight management

A flight management system, flight control system technology, applied in the field of systems and methods for flight management, and can solve problems such as disregarding weather conditions, inefficient use, and increasing costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-01-29
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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However, many of the flight parameters including the cost index are fixed and do not take into account different weather conditions
Consequently, these conventional systems are used inefficiently, which adds cost to the overall flight

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[0052] The following detailed description of certain embodiments will be better understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying figures. It should be understood that the various embodiments are not limited to the arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings.

[0053] As used herein, an element or step recited in the singular and preceded by the word "a" or "an" should be understood as not excluding plural of said elements or steps, unless such exclusion expressly states . Furthermore, references to "one embodiment" are not intended to be interpreted as excluding the existence of additional embodiments that also incorporate the recited features. Furthermore, an embodiment that "comprises" or "has" an element or elements having a particular property may include additional such elements not having that property, unless expressly stated to the contrary.

[0054] Various embodiments of systems and methods are provided for selecting a cost index (CI) and vertic...

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Systems and methods for flight management are provided. One flight control system is provided that includes a flight management system (32) configured to manage aircraft flight control including at least one of a flight path or an altitude for an aircraft (52). The flight control system also includes a flight parameter selection module (34) configured to determine a Cost Index (CI) and cruising altitude for use by the flight management system to manage the aircraft flight control, wherein the determination is based on a flight cost and predicted weather along the flight path.

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Background technique [0001] Aircraft are typically equipped with a flight management system (FMS) for managing aircraft flight controls, generating flight profile data and providing navigational information such as flight paths specified by waypoints (which are represented by navigational point coordinates). Additionally, the flight management control system can also be configured to provide aircraft engine throttle settings for manual or automatic control of engine thrust. [0002] The FMS calculates detailed flight trajectories and controls the navigation of the aircraft. Trajectories define lateral and vertical profiles, which include aircraft speeds along this profile, and are used by the FMS using route flight planning and other constraints such as altitude and speed constraints, and a cost index (CI), which is the ratio of time cost to fuel cost ) and develop. The FMS uses current aircraft status and atmospheric data along with all crew input or uplinked data from the ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B64D47/00
CPCG05D1/0005G08G5/0091G08G5/0052G01C21/20G08G5/0021G05D1/101G05D1/042
Inventor S.博拉普拉加达A.德尔阿莫
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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