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Layered subsystem architecture for a flight management system

  • US 6,317,659 B1
  • Filed: 12/09/1999
  • Issued: 11/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A flight management system (FMS) architecture residing on a computing platform, wherein the system is predicated on the enforcement of subsystem-dependency rules wherein a given subsystem can depend only upon another subsystem in the same or lower subsystems, the FMS architecture comprising:

  • an operator interface subsystem for receiving input from an operator and presenting output to the operator;

    a communications subsystem for managing and interpreting communications to and from aircraft and equipment used for communication;

    a flight management subsystem for managing functions associated with operation of an aircraft; and

    a database management subsystem for managing and providing access to a plurality of databases housed within the FMS architecture.

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