Abstract:
Remotely operated and autonomous vehicles can be coupled with a base station to perform at least one of refueling, loading cargo, and unloading cargo; without human intervention. By reducing the need for such intervention, the subject vehicles can be employed more economically and with reduced infrastructure.
Abstract:
A base module may be used to receive and house one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) via one or more cavities. The base module receives commands from a manager device and identifies a flight plan that allows a UAV to execute the received commands. The base module transfers the flight plan to the UAV and frees the UAV. Once the UAV returns, the base module once again receives it. The base module then receives sensor data from the UAV from one or more sensors onboard the UAV, and optionally receives additional information describing its flight and identifying success or failure of the flight plan. The base module transmits the sensor data and optionally the additional information to a storage medium locally or remotely accessible by the manager device.
Abstract:
Système d'emport et de largage de munition pour avion de transport. Le système (1) comporte un conteneur (4) qui contient au moins une charge (3), notamment une munition, et qui est susceptible d'être amené dans une position de largage (P2), dans laquelle une partie (7) est située à l'extérieur de l'avion (AC), d'où une charge (3) peut être larguée, généralement par simple lâcher.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a system for reconnaissance using autonomous unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV). The system comprises a mothership, which is generally a fixed wing fuel tank capable of providing a suitable surface for flight (lift) and one or more elements for attachment of individual UAVs. The system further comprises one or more UAVs that are detachably connected to the mothership, and which are independently controllable for reconnaissance and tracking. The system and its individual parts are reusable and independently controllable, permitting low cost reconnaissance over wide areas of geography.
Abstract:
Systems and/or methods for forming a multiple-articulated flying system (skybase) having a high aspect ratio wing platform, operable to loiter over an area of interest at a high altitude are provided. In certain exemplary embodiments, autonomous modular flyers join together in a wingtip-to-wingtip manner. Such modular flyers may derive their power from insolation. The autonomous flyers may include sensors which operate individually, or collectively after a skybase is formed. The skybase preferably may be aggregated, disaggregated, and/or re- aggregated as called for by the prevailing conditions. Thus, it may be possible to provide a "forever-on-station" aircraft.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a system (100) for a multi-craft unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) carrier system, including a carrier UAV (101), including an upper surface (105), a control system (201), and a transceiver for conducting communications with a remote location, and a plurality of drone UAVs (102) attachable to and launchable from the upper surface (105) of the carrier UAV (101), each of the plurality of drone UAVs (102) including a drone control system (107), and a transceiver for conducting communications with a remote location.
Abstract:
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes multiple rotor arms; a rotor disposed at an end of each of the multiple rotor arms; and an adjustment component configured to enable a first rotor arm to move relative to a second rotor arm.
Abstract:
A weather modification system that includes both systems and vehicles capable of modifying the weather. The systems may include devices capable of utilizing compositions to create dispersants that can modify weather. The system is capable of autonomous weather modification where the vehicles may operate for long periods of time in the air and may be directed by a control station. The vehicles may include an airplane, a UAV, a balloon, a satellite, an airship, such as a lenticular airship, a helicopter or a lighter than air vehicle. The vehicles are capable of multiple functions including weather modification, weather monitoring, and coordination between different vehicles.
Abstract:
A search/service rescue drone arrangement and structure is provided, UAV or drone called SRD (21) to be joining a transportation means permanently and to be launched from its housing box (24) whenever an emergency case is detected, so that the SRD (21) will track, report, located, assist and may rescue the humans or connect them with a command center without waiting for a search/rescue drone coming from far away, for passenger's aircrafts (20) two SRDs (21) may be installed in-between the tail end and the vertical wing, for jet fighter it can be a flying board (air) 35 supporting the pilot directly when ejected in the air or to support his ejection seat to be guided to a suitable landing location, for ships it can be launched additionally to send hazard lights, for vehicles it can be a micro drone for reporting theft or accident at stationary.