公开(公告)号：US20180244391A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15444649

申请日：2017-02-28

Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation

Inventor： MATTHEW CURRAN ,  Dustin E. Gamble

IPC: B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B66D1/60

CPC classification number: B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/021 ,  B64C2201/128 ,  B64C2201/141 ,  B64C2201/165 ,  B64D1/12 ,  B66D1/60 ,  G05D1/0094

Abstract: A method for an airborne payload system includes receiving, from a sensor on a payload line, information about the payload line, wherein the payload line comprises a first end wound about a main reel of a winch system and a second end configured to couple to a payload. The method further includes providing instructions, based on the received information, to the unmanned aircraft and the winch system in order to control a position of the second end of the payload line.