Abstract: Systems and methods for representing a flight vehicle in a controlled environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a communications link that extends between a ground-based facility and at least one flight vehicle operating within the controlled environment that is operable to communicate trajectory data between the ground-based facility and the at least one flight vehicle, and a processor configured to generate the trajectory data.

Abstract: Methods and systems for improved prediction of the movement of vehicles through an airspace are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for predicting movement of a vehicle in an airspace from a first location to a second location, the predicting based upon at least one data signal configured to communicate a plurality of sensor-perceived first locations of the vehicle includes time correlating the plurality of sensor perceived first locations. The plurality of sensor-perceived first locations are particle filtered to generate a plurality of confidences each corresponding with one of a plurality of predicted locations, each confidence representing a likelihood that the corresponding predicted location includes the second location.