From Post-Flight Insights to In-Flight Assistance
Flight-data programs help operators find trends and improve safety. Beacon helps teams connect flight-data insight with crew guidance and in-flight assistance.
Before Flight
AI Crew Briefing
Designed to help crews prepare with the information and context relevant to their flight.
During Flight
Murdock
Advisory support for pilots during the flight, alongside the crew and the existing avionics.
In the cockpit
After Flight
Flight Review and Debrief
Review aircraft data, events, Beacon advisories, and crew inputs from flights and simulator sessions to support a more focused debrief.
Lighthouse
Lessons from the review feed the next briefing, the next training session, and the assistance Beacon develops and evaluates. Lighthouse, the flight intelligence platform, supports the review.
Explore the Use Cases by Role
Choose Defense or Commercial, then a role, to see the decision each team owns and what changes for them.
Defense · Crews
Military aircrews, commanders, and mission planners.
Keep the Mission in View as Conditions Change
Focused on military pilots, with relevance for other aircrew including loadmasters, navigators, WSOs, and NFOs.
Crews hold the briefing, the procedures, and the aircraft’s indications in mind at once, while mission timing and weather keep changing. Beacon adds advisory support alongside the crew and the existing avionics, and the pilots stay in command.
What needs my attention, and what should I do on this flight?
Procedures and Aircraft State
Brings the relevant procedure and aircraft-state information to the crew’s attention.
Routes and Alternates
Recommends route and alternate options using weather and fuel context when the original plan needs another look.
Crew Readiness in Context
ARES is designed to help crews understand the human and environmental factors that can affect readiness and performance.
Illustrative Scenario
Defense setting
01Situation
A mobility crew approaches its destination with a time-sensitive mission requirement.
02Developing Risk
Weather deteriorates and the options narrow.
03Assistance
Beacon presents route and alternate recommendations using weather and fuel context.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
The pilots assess the recommendations, coordinate as required, and choose their course of action.
05Intended Benefit
More time and clearer context to balance mission needs with the conditions of the flight.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Commercial · Crews
Airlines, cargo, charter, and corporate aviation.
Stay Ahead of a Changing Flight
For pilots in airline, cargo, charter, and corporate aviation.
Plans change, and a crew’s normal preparation and cross-checks have to keep pace. Beacon adds timely procedural, configuration, and routing context, and the pilots decide what to do with it.
What needs my attention, and what should I do on this flight?
Procedural and Configuration Context
Adds timely procedural and configuration context so the crew can notice an item, verify it, and decide what to do.
Routes and Alternates
Recommends route and alternate options using weather and fuel context as conditions change.
Flight Review and Debrief
Brings flight data, events, Beacon advisories, and crew inputs into review and debrief after the flight.
Illustrative Scenario
Charter setting
01Situation
A change before departure interrupts the crew’s normal preparation.
02Developing Risk
A configuration item needs another check as attention shifts to the revised plan.
03Assistance
Beacon draws attention to the item.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
The pilots check it against the applicable procedures and decide how to proceed.
05Intended Benefit
Another chance to catch the discrepancy while the crew can still fix it.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Defense · Training
Military aircrews, commanders, and mission planners.
Prepare Crews for the Decisions the Mission Demands
For training departments, instructor pilots, standards and evaluation teams, and the leaders responsible for preparing aircrew.
A useful debrief needs the circumstances around a decision, as well as the event that followed. Beacon gives instructors flight and simulator context, so practice can focus on where mission demands meet crew workload.
What should we teach, practice, and debrief?
Flight and Simulator Review
Lets instructors play back aircraft data, events, Beacon advisories, and crew inputs from flights and simulator sessions.
Advice in Context
Helps instructors examine how crews weighed procedural and routing advice against the demands of the mission.
Instructor-Led Debrief
Turns relevant observations into focused discussion and practice objectives. Instructors retain responsibility for assessment.
Illustrative Scenario
Defense setting
01Situation
A simulator session asks crews to revise a mission plan under time pressure.
02Developing Risk
Crews address the change but become overloaded during the next phase.
03Assistance
Lighthouse records help the instructor review the sequence and identify what deserves practice.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
The instructor and crew discuss the decisions and repeat a focused scenario.
05Intended Benefit
Training tied to the point where mission demands and crew workload interact.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Commercial · Training
Airlines, cargo, charter, and corporate aviation.
Turn Flight Experience Into Better Preparation
For training departments, instructors, check pilots, and flight standards teams serving airlines, cargo operators, charter organizations, and corporate flight departments.
Instructors want to tie a debrief to the flight context behind it. Beacon helps training teams turn recurring observations into focused recurrent training and standardization discussions.
What should we teach, practice, and debrief?
Debrief With Context
Brings aircraft data, events, Beacon advisories, and crew inputs into debriefs about procedural preparation, configuration awareness, and crew decisions.
Advice in Context
Helps instructors discuss how pilots assess and respond to procedural and routing advice in the conditions they encounter.
Recurrent Training Focus
Helps training teams spot observations that recur across crews and decide what recurrent training should cover.
Illustrative Scenario
Airline training setting
01Situation
Several simulator debriefs identify rushed approach preparation.
02Developing Risk
Crews reach a demanding phase with less time to review the plan and cross-check configuration.
03Assistance
Lighthouse data helps the instructor walk back through the sequence and focus the discussion.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
The crew practices an earlier preparation sequence in the next session.
05Intended Benefit
A recurring observation becomes a concrete training objective.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Defense · Safety
Military aircrews, commanders, and mission planners.
Carry Safety Insight Into the Next Mission
For flight safety offices, military flight-data analysts (MFOQA) and human-performance specialists.
Safety offices already analyze routine flight data to find and reduce hazards. Beacon helps carry those findings into crew guidance and in-flight assistance before the next mission.
What risks recur, and what should we do about them?
Flight-Data Review
Supports review of flight data, reported events, and operational context, and builds on existing military flight-data and safety practices.
From Insight to Guidance
Turns a finding into guidance crews can brief, or a candidate for cockpit assistance to evaluate.
Route, Weather, and Fuel Context
Brings relevant route, weather, and fuel context into the discussion of a recurring operational challenge.
Illustrative Scenario
Military setting
01Situation
Reviews identify repeated high-workload arrivals at a destination.
02Developing Risk
Subsequent crews may encounter similar conditions.
03Assistance
Lighthouse supports the analysis. The safety team writes and reviews new guidance, and picks a candidate for cockpit assistance to evaluate separately.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
Later crews brief the conditions and use the new guidance, or the assistance where it applies.
05Intended Benefit
Analysis of a recurring risk reaches the next crew’s decision.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Commercial · Safety
Airlines, cargo, charter, and corporate aviation.
Bring Safety Insight Closer to the Crew’s Decision
For safety managers, FOQA and FDM teams, and SMS personnel. In a smaller flight department, a chief pilot or operations leader may do this work too.
FOQA and safety management systems already help operators find and manage risk. Beacon helps what they find reach the crew, as briefing guidance or in-flight assistance, before the crew’s next decision.
What risks recur, and what should we do about them?
Flight Data Alongside FOQA
Helps teams examine flight data, reported events, and available operational context alongside existing FOQA and FDM analysis and safety processes.
From Insight to Guidance
Turns a recurring finding into a briefing improvement or a candidate advisory to evaluate.
Plan-Change Context
Adds relevant route, weather, and fuel context when teams examine recurring changes to a flight plan.
Illustrative Scenario
Cargo setting
01Situation
Flight-data review identifies repeated late arrival-plan changes on a route.
02Developing Risk
Similar conditions may again leave crews with a compressed decision window.
03Assistance
Lighthouse context supports the review. The team identifies a briefing improvement and a candidate advisory to evaluate.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
Crews prepare for the conditions and try the candidate advisory in a trial.
05Intended Benefit
A finding from flight-data review shapes how crews brief that route.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Defense · Operations
Military aircrews, commanders, and mission planners.
Keep the Plan Current as the Mission Changes
For mission planners, squadron operations teams, duty officers, and fleet coordinators. Maintenance teams may also use in-flight issue reports.
When a mission changes, planners and crews need to work from the same assumptions. Beacon helps focus the briefing, adds route and alternate context, and captures issues observed in flight for follow-up.
What does this flight or mission need as plans and conditions change?
AI Crew Briefing
Designed to pull the flight information crews need into one briefing, so they can focus on what matters for the planned mission.
Routes and Alternates
Recommends route and alternate options from weather and fuel data, so crews and planners can weigh a change against mission priorities.
In-Flight Issue Reports
Captures in-flight issues through manual and automated reporting, with flight context available for operational follow-up and later review.
Illustrative Scenario
Defense setting
01Situation
A mission changes after its initial briefing is assembled.
02Developing Risk
Relevant weather, airfield notices, and planning assumptions are scattered across the material.
03Assistance
AI Crew Briefing helps focus the review on the revised flight and the information that needs attention.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
The crew checks the source information, works through the changes with the planners, and revises the plan.
05Intended Benefit
The crew and planners work from the same, current picture of the mission.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Commercial · Operations
Airlines, cargo, charter, and corporate aviation.
Give Flight and Ground Teams a Clearer Picture
For dispatchers, operations control teams, flight planners, fuel and performance specialists, flight operations managers, and corporate flight coordinators. Maintenance teams may also use in-flight issue reports.
A change to one flight can reach later sectors, aircraft rotations, and passenger or cargo commitments. Beacon brings weather and fuel context into planning and gives ground teams useful context about issues crews observe in flight.
What does this flight or mission need as plans and conditions change?
Routes, Alternates, and Briefing
Route and alternate recommendations bring weather and fuel context into planning decisions. AI Crew Briefing is designed to focus preparation on the information relevant to the planned flight.
In-Flight Issue Reports
Captures crew-entered and automated issue reports during flight, with the flight context kept for follow-up and post-flight review.
Routing and Fuel Efficiency
Helps teams look for routing and fuel savings that fit their operating constraints and the efficiency practices they already use.
Illustrative Scenario
Charter setting
01Situation
A crew observes an intermittent equipment issue during a flight.
02Developing Risk
The receiving team needs context to prepare for arrival and the next planned flight.
03Assistance
The crew’s report, with flight context attached, is available to the receiving team after landing, or sooner where the operator’s connectivity allows.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
The pilots follow applicable procedures and communicate their needs. Authorized ground personnel determine the response.
05Intended Benefit
The receiving team has the context it needs to prepare for the next flight.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Defense · Leadership
Military aircrews, commanders, and mission planners.
Evaluate Assistance Against the Mission
For commanders, senior aviation leaders, and program decision-makers responsible for capability priorities, resources, and adoption.
A technology proposal needs a clear connection to mission demands and crew effectiveness. Beacon’s software-centric, hardware-lite approach is designed for aircraft already in service, so leaders can evaluate it on the fleet they have.
Where should we invest, evaluate, and adopt assistance?
An Advisory Capability to Evaluate
Gives crews a concrete advisory capability to evaluate against an agreed operational need.
Focused Evaluation Objectives
Focuses an evaluation on relevant routing advice and crew-readiness objectives, with the functions and measures defined for that setting.
Evidence for the Next Step
Uses supported flight context and agreed evaluation measures to assess the next step. Fit with each aircraft still needs assessment.
Illustrative Scenario
Defense setting
01Situation
A unit wants to improve support for crews flying long missions with demanding arrivals.
02Developing Risk
A broad adoption decision could rely on demonstrations and assumptions rather than the unit’s actual needs.
03Assistance
A scoped Beacon evaluation examines selected advisory or readiness functions with relevant flight context.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
Participating crews assess usefulness and fit while retaining their decision authority.
05Intended Benefit
Better evidence for what to improve, continue, or expand.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Commercial · Leadership
Airlines, cargo, charter, and corporate aviation.
Build the Case for Better Crew Support
For accountable executives, chief pilots, directors of flight operations, corporate flight department heads, and business leaders responsible for adoption and resources.
With airline margins of a few percent, investment decisions need credible evidence about crew support, efficiency, and disruption. Beacon helps leaders examine where assistance could add value across the existing fleet, with benefits measured rather than assumed.
Where should we invest, evaluate, and adopt assistance?
Flight and Fleet Context
Brings available flight and fleet context into decisions about priorities and a defined evaluation.
A Scoped Evaluation
Builds the evaluation around the operator’s procedural, routing, briefing, or review needs, and sets the capabilities to test and the measures of success before it starts.
Value Across the Fleet
Helps the operator see where assistance could pay off across its existing fleet, based on what the evaluation measured.
Illustrative Scenario
Corporate flight setting
01Situation
A corporate flight department is flying to more varied destinations with its existing fleet.
02Developing Risk
Training and technology priorities may not reflect where crews most need support.
03Assistance
Available flight context and a scoped Beacon evaluation focus attention on selected operating needs.
04Crew ResponseHuman Decision
Pilots assess the assistance and provide feedback. The chief pilot reviews the evidence with leadership.
05Intended Benefit
Leadership can decide where to invest, knowing what adoption would take.
An illustrative decision sequence, not a customer result. Prototyped and flown on real and simulated aircraft.
Tested in Flight, Across the Country
In 2025, Beacon conducted a pilot-assistance flight-test campaign across the United States using Beacon’s aircraft and pilot. The campaign included 12 flights over two weeks and exercised configuration checks, performance calculations, and procedural assistance.
Built on Established Practice
Operators already understand risk through flight data, crew reports, and operational context, using programs like the ones below. Beacon helps carry what those programs show into crew preparation and in-flight assistance.
Fuel Efficiency
IATA publishes structured guidance on fuel efficiency, from managing initiatives to putting them into practice, covering dispatch, ground, and flight operations.
Flight-Data Safety Programs
FOQA in civil aviation and MFOQA in the Air Force use routine flight data to identify and mitigate hazards.
Reports and Context
The FAA’s InfoShare forum and its voluntary reporting programs share safety issues and best practices, drawing on flight data, other information, and employee reports.
Public references, shown for context.
Let’s Talk About Your Operation
For flight operations, safety, training, and program leaders. Tell us where your crews need support.
