ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,860, issued on March 31, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Operational simulations of planned maintenance for vehicles" was invented by Bronwyn A. Jackson (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations for operational simulations of planned maintenance effects for a plurality of vehicles are provided. One aspect provides a computing system comprising processing circuitry configured to provide a plurality of operational models that comprises a route model, a preparation model, and a planned maintenance model. The processing circuitry is further configured to, using the plurality of operational models, execute...