Methods and apparatus to deploy and recover a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle via a non-fixed wing aircraft

Methods and apparatus to deploy and recover a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle via a non-fixed wing aircraft

METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DEPLOY AND RECOVER A FIXED WING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE VIA A NON-FIXED WING A method (1100) comprising: tracking a location of a non-fixed wing aircraft in flight (block 1106); tracking a location of a fixed wing aircraft in flight (block 1106); positioning the non fixed wi...

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1. Verfasser: Davidson, Darcy
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AEROPLANES
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
HELICOPTERS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DEPLOY AND RECOVER A FIXED WING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE VIA A NON-FIXED WING A method (1100) comprising: tracking a location of a non-fixed wing aircraft in flight (block 1106); tracking a location of a fixed wing aircraft in flight (block 1106); positioning the non fixed wing aircraft (104) relative to the fixed wing aircraft (102) based on the locations of the non-fixed wing aircraft and the fixed wing aircraft (block 1112); coupling, via a gripper (112), the fixed wing aircraft to the non-fixed wing aircraft in mid-flight at a recovery location (block 1122); and wherein the gripper (112) is carried by the non-fixed wing aircraft (104). t