Abstract:
A flight platform (10), comprising a rotor (12) rotating about a rotor shaft (20) for providing the platform with an active driving force, and a flight control system that controls the flight based on measured flight parameters that are measured by sensors (30,32), wherein at least one of the sensors is located substantially along the axis of rotation of the rotor.
Abstract:
An air-launched aircraft (10) includes deployable wings (16, 18), elevons (20, 22), and vertical fins (26, 28) that deploy from a fuselage (12) during flight. The aircraft may include a control system for operating the elevons, a communication system, and batteries for powering the systems. In addition, the aircraft may include a payload module (14) that mates with an interface in the fuselage. The payload module may include any of a variety of payloads, including cameras, sensors, and/or radar emitters. The aircraft may be powered or unpowered, and may be very small, for example, less than on the order of 10 kg (22 pounds). The deployable surfaces of the aircraft may be configured to deploy in a pre-determined order, allowing the aircraft automatically to enter controlled flight after being launched in a tumbling mode.
Abstract:
An aircraft attack interdiction system using an unmanned interdiction aircraft piloted using a remote control system. In-flight refueling system, weapons launcher systems and intelligence gathering equipment are mounted on the interdiction aircraft. A remote flight control operator to remotely fly the interdiction aircraft can be based on a remote flight control commander aircraft that can be flown at safe distances from targets that are attacked by the interdiction aircraft
Abstract:
An aerial vehicle (100, 200, 300,..., 2300), such as an unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV"), which includes a plurality of maneuverability propulsion mechanisms (102, 202, 302,..., 2302) that enable the aerial vehicle to move in any of the six degrees of freedom (surge, sway, heave, pitch, yaw, and roll). The aerial vehicle may also include a lifting propulsion mechanism that operates to generate a force sufficient to maintain the aerial vehicle at an altitude.
Abstract:
A Very Low Level Operations Coordination Platform is described as well as a method of operating it, comprising a cloud-based software platform that serves as a central database application for drone-related applications, the central database application comprising a database storing any, some or all zones which defines where drones are and are not allowed to fly based on all required information such as but not limited to drone legislation, airspace structure, obstacles, environment and people density, taking into account scheduled flights, planned flights and flights flown of other drones, wherein if the drone fails to remain within the approved fly zone the platform is adapted to proactively intervene in flight operations so that the drone cannot leave the approved fly zone.
Abstract:
A delivery system includes a processor programmed to construct a route so as to include predefined segments traveled by carriers configured to taxi the vehicle and charge a battery thereof such that a state of charge of the battery remains above a target for a duration of the route, and forward the route to the vehicle.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Transportmittel mit einem Außenelement (1, 31, 32, 33, 34, 63) und einem innerhalb von dessen Außenkontur angeordneten Innenelement (3, 67), wobei das Innenelement eine Antriebseinrichtung mit wenigstens einem Luftfahrtantriebselement (6, 7) aufweist, - das Innenelement wenigstens zeitweise an dem Außenelement beweglich gelagert ist und das Außenelement wenigstens eine entlang eines Umfangs umlaufende rollfähige Kontur aufweist. Hierdurch wird ein energieeffizientes Rollen des Transportmittels ermöglicht und mittels der Luftfahrtantriebselemente ein äußerst flexibler Antrieb bereitgestellt.
Abstract:
The present invention relates in general to the field of animal husbandry, and more specifically, to a livestock monitoring system utilizing an unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV") and methods of using such systems. The purpose of the invention is to provide a convenient and cost-efficient system and method for monitoring the condition of livestock to obtain information in real-time about the behavioral and physiological states of individual animals.
Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a system and method for the use of unmanned aircraft systems to detect, locate, and identify objects in, on, or near the water that may provide useful information to people in a different location, such as on a nearby vessel for purposes of ultimately locating fish. The vessel can then take action based on data collected by the unmanned aircraft system, such as move to a new location to catch fish as detected by the unmanned aircraft system.