Drone deployment system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09896208B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-20

    申请号:US14951527

    申请日:2015-11-25

    IPC分类号: B64D5/00

    摘要: The present disclosure reveals a drone deployment system for use from an airborne aircraft such that the drone deployment system is capable of moving through the aircraft, picking up a drone with a grappling means attached to an extendable arm, moving to an opening in the aircraft, extending and deploying the drone. The drone deployment system is further capable of retrieving a drone by having the extendable arm extended out the opening in the aircraft, having the drone fly into the grappling means which then engages, holding the drone, and the extendable arm is then retractable so that the opening can be closed and the drone placed in storage.

    Air-launchable container for deploying air vehicle

    公开(公告)号:US09776719B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-03

    申请号:US14018493

    申请日:2013-09-05

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    IPC分类号: B64D1/12 B64C39/02

    摘要: A container is used to launch a small aircraft, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from a host aircraft. The container protects the UAV from stresses during the initial ejection from a launcher that is part of the host aircraft. The initial stresses may be due to turbulence in the vicinity of the host aircraft, high airspeed, and/or tumbling that may result from the ejection from the host aircraft moving at a high airspeed. The container may deploy a drag device, such as a drogue chute, to slow the container down and reorient the container, prior to deployment of the UAV from the container. During the time between ejection from the host aircraft and deployment from the container, the UAV may be powered up and acquire data, such as global positioning system (GPS) data, to allow the UAV a “hot start” enabling immediate mission commencement.

    Combined launch and mission vehicles

    公开(公告)号:US09758247B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-12

    申请号:US14685054

    申请日:2015-04-13

    发明人: Mark R. Alber

    IPC分类号: B64C37/02 B64D5/00 B64C29/02

    摘要: An aircraft is provided and includes a mission vehicle configured to follow vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operations and to execute forward flight, hover/loiter and landing operations and a launch vehicle configured to drive the mission vehicle through at least vertical take-off (VTO) operations. The launch vehicle is umbilically coupled to the mission vehicle during the VTO operations and releasable from the mission vehicle thereafter.