Patent ID: 7243008

Claim:
A system disposed in a single platform vehicle operating in a tactical environment, the system being configured to automatically change a route of only said single platform vehicle during the execution of a mission by said vehicle, said route consisting of a plurality of route segments, the system comprising: a receiver component configured to receive intelligence data from at least one of a satellite intelligence source, a ground-based source, an air-based intelligence source, and an intelligence source disposed on an under-sea platform, the intelligence data describing the tactical environment in real-time or in near real-time, said intelligence data including at least one of threat track data, targeting data, friendly forces track data, and combat survivor location data as descriptors of the tactical environment; a computer coupled to the receiver component, the computer being programmed to process the intelligence data, assess the impact of the intelligence data upon a current route segment and at least one immediately subsequent route segment, which collectively do not comprise the entire planned route, and, if necessary, automatically and dynamically change said route by changing only said current route segment and said at least one immediately subsequent route segment during the execution of a mission by said vehicle; and a display component coupled to the computer, the display component being configured to display at least a portion of the tactical environment and provide at least one visual indicator corresponding to at least one of said changed route segments.