The Boeing Company

Lori S Smith

Ali Salour

Gregory S Highland

Jeffrey H Hunt

Philip R Specht

Anilise K Larden

Technology provides for controlling a high-energy management system for an aircraft that includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of high-energy (HE) systems, wherein each of the plurality of HE systems is located in an aircraft, determining a present state of each of the plurality of HE systems based on the sensor data, determining a target state of each of the plurality of HE systems based on the present state of each of the plurality of HE systems and a set of HE system rules, and automatically generating one or more control actions to effect control of one or more of the plurality of HE systems based on the target state of each of the plurality of HE systems. Examples further include receiving a schedule of tasks to be performed on the aircraft, where determining the target state is further based on the schedule of tasks.

High-energy management system

A method and apparatus for controlling a supply chain including a production system. Sensor data is received from a sensor in the production system or elsewhere in the supply chain. The sensor data identifies an event in the production system or elsewhere in the supply chain. Event information for the event is stored in an events blockchain. The event information from the events blockchain is used in a process model simulation of the production system or the supply chain to identify an undesirable condition in the production system or elsewhere in the supply chain. System theoretic process analysis is used to identify a change in the production system or elsewhere in the supply chain to prevent occurrence of the undesirable condition.

Analyzing and managing production and supply chain

Systems and methods for guiding autonomous vehicles by monitoring the entire planned path and sending alert messages to a vehicle management system for delays, reroute, or emergency stop to avoid collision with an obstruction. The system initiates alternative paths when the primary path is blocked and is capable of reporting a vehicle identifier and the current positions of the vehicle and any obstruction along the planned path of the autonomous vehicle.

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Orting, WA, United States of America

Lori S Smith