Patent ID: 8788135

Claim:
A method comprising: obtaining a current mission plan that includes designated operational settings of a powered system for travel of the powered system along a route for a mission; determining when one or more exception events to the current mission plan occur while the powered system travels along the route according to the current mission plan, the one or more exception events being triggered by a larger than expected change between a first amount of fuel and a second amount of fuel, the first amount of fuel is an amount that is calculated as being consumed by the powered system based on planned travel according to the current mission plan and the second amount of fuel is an amount that actually is consumed by the powered system during travel along the route; responsive to the one or more exception events occurring, autonomously revising the current mission plan to a revised mission plan based on the one or more exception events, the revised mission plan including revised designated operational settings of the powered system for travel of the powered system along the route for the mission; and operating the powered system according to the revised mission plan.