A system and method for in-flight control of an aerial vehicle
First Claim
1. A system for in-flight control of an aerial vehicle including an on-board flight control system, a remote control station and a read-only digital representation of a subset of the airspace, wherein the flight control system and the remote control station 4 each comprises the digital representation, that the digital representation comprises data for an allowed airspace and at least one mission airspace within the allowed airspace, and that the flight control system is arranged to operate the aerial vehicle within the mission airspace under control of the remote control station.
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A system for in-flight control of an aerial vehicle (2) including an on-board flight control system (5), a remote control station (4) and a read-only digital representation of a subset of the airspace. The flight control system (5) and the remote control station (4) each comprises the digital representation. The digital representation comprises data for an allowed airspace (3) and at least one mission airspace (11) within the allowed airspace (3). The flight control system (5) is arranged to operate the aerial vehicle (2) within the mission airspace (11) under control of the remote control station (4).
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- 1. A system for in-flight control of an aerial vehicle including an on-board flight control system, a remote control station and a read-only digital representation of a subset of the airspace, wherein the flight control system and the remote control station 4 each comprises the digital representation, that the digital representation comprises data for an allowed airspace and at least one mission airspace within the allowed airspace, and that the flight control system is arranged to operate the aerial vehicle within the mission airspace under control of the remote control station.
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13. A method of in-flight control of an aerial vehicle involving defining in an airspace at least one allowed airspace wherein the aerial vehicle is allowed to operate, characterized in limiting the flight control system to operating the aerial vehicle within the allowed airspace and to further defining a mission airspace within the allowed airspace in which mission airspace the aerial vehicle is operated according to instructions in at least one mission plan stored in the flight control computer.
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