Method and system for increasing the degree of autonomy of an unmanned aircraft by utilizing meteorological data received from GPS dropsondes released from an unmanned aircraft to determine course and altitude corrections and an automated data management and decision support navigational system to make these navigational calculations and to correct the unmanned aircraft's flight path

摘要

A system and method for determining wind profile and current icing potential information, comprising the steps of flying a plane; carrying a plurality of dropsondes on the plane; releasing the dropsondes into an atmosphere, for movement with a wind; collecting meteorology data by the dropsondes; transmitting the data from the dropsondes to the plane; transmitting the data from the plane to a remote control center; interpreting the meteorological data; and guiding the plane to a flight path with favorable winds and other favorable weather conditions. The invention also discloses an automated data management and decision support navigational system to make these navigational calculations and to correct the unmanned aircraft's flight path thus increasing the degree of autonomy of the unmanned aircraft.