公开(公告)号：US20190120628A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-25

申请号：US15790248

申请日：2017-10-23

Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.

Inventor： Gerald Parras ,  Sivakumar Kanagarajan ,  Sreenivasan Govindillam K

IPC: G01C21/20 ,  G08G5/00

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automatically adjusting aircraft performance parameters for use on an airdrop. The method comprises establishing and transmitting initial dimensions for a drop zone from a ground element to a flight management system (FMS) of an in-flight cargo aircraft via a secure data link. The ground element continually monitors ground-based parameters affecting the dimensions of the drop zone and transmits changes to the parameters to the FMS via the secure data link. The FMS adjusts a computed air release point (CARP) for the airdrop and continually updates flight performance parameters for the in-flight cargo aircraft based on the changes to the ground-based parameters.