{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "description": "A flight management system (24) for use in automatically generating a flight path trajectory (26) for an aircraft (10) is provided. The flight path trajectory including a plurality of waypoints (28) and a plurality of vectors (30) extending between each waypoint of the plurality of waypoints, the…",
  "path": "/patents/1000450",
  "publishedAt": "2012-07-11T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:oql6ds5vnff4ugar6rruliwd/site.standard.publication/3mn3ohu7oxx5w",
  "tags": [
    "G01C21/20",
    "GE AVIAT SYSTEMS LLC [US]"
  ],
  "textContent": "A flight management system (24) for use in automatically generating a flight path trajectory (26) for an aircraft (10) is provided. The flight path trajectory including a plurality of waypoints (28) and a plurality of vectors (30) extending between each waypoint of the plurality of waypoints, the flight management system including a processor (302) is configured to calculate a first flight path trajectory (36) including an origin waypoint (40) and a destination waypoint (42), receive a tactical command indicating a change in flight trajectory, and calculate a second flight path trajectory (38) based at least in part on the tactical command, the calculated second flight path trajectory including a departure waypoint along the first flight path trajectory, an intercept waypoint (48) along the first flight path trajectory, and a departure vector from the departure waypoint (46) to the intercept waypoint.",
  "title": "Flight management system with integrated tactical commands for use with an aircraft and method of operating same"
}