Patent ID: 8567723

Claim:
A system for automatically reporting aerial refueling data, the system comprises: a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transponder coupled to a refueling aircraft and operable to automatically transmit identification information for the refueling aircraft; an RFID transceiver coupled to a fuel delivery aircraft and operable to automatically receive the identification information; a data recorder module operable to automatically record refueling data for the refueling aircraft; and a fuel inventory control system operable to electronically build and transmit at least one transaction for a refueling to a billing system, and comprising: a range detector module operable to automatically generate an end-refueling indicator after a beginning of the refueling when the refueling aircraft is outside a RFID range of the fuel delivery aircraft where the RFID transponder conveys information back to the RFID transceiver; and a report generator module coupled to the data recorder module and operable to automatically generate a refueling report in response to the end-refueling indicator.