Near Earth Autonomy, Inc.

Irobot Corporation

Benjamin Grocholsky

Sanjiv Singh

Lyle J Chamberlain

Sebastian Scherer

Christopher Geyer

Brian Yamauchi

Earl Clyde Cox

Christopher Vernon Jones

Mark Bourne Moseley

Bradley Hamner

Vladimir Brajovic

Hugh Cover

Carol Carlin Cheung

Jonathan Taylor

Systems, apparatuses, and methods for autonomously estimating the position and orientation ('pose') of an aircraft relative to a target site are disclosed herein, including a system including a plurality of beacons arranged about the target site, wherein the plurality of beacons collectively comprise at least one electromagnetic radiation source and at least one beacon ranging radio, a sensor system coupled to the aircraft including an electromagnetic radiation sensor and a ranging radio configured to determine a range of the aircraft relative to the target site, and a processor configured to determine an estimated pose of the aircraft based on at least: (i) detected electromagnetic radiation, and (ii) time-stamped range data for the aircraft relative to the target site.

Multimodal beacon based precision landing system for autonomous aircraft

A computerized, on-board flight system for an aircraft has a landing-zone evaluation system for evaluating a landing zone for the aircraft based on sensory data from numerous sensing systems, including lidar, radar, and/or various cameras, to identify potential, suitable landing sites in the landing zone. Based on data from these sensory systems, the landing-zone evaluation system geometrically and semantically evaluates the landing zone's terrain, as well as identifies moving and stationary objects in the landing zone to identify the suitable landing sites for the aircraft.

On-board, computerized landing zone evaluation system for aircraft

A collaborative engagement system comprises: at least two unmanned vehicles comprising an unmanned air vehicle including sensors configured to locate a target and an unmanned ground vehicle including sensors configured to locate and track a target; and a controller facilitating control of, and communication and exchange of data to and among the unmanned vehicles, the controller facilitating data exchange via a common protocol. The collaborative engagement system controls the unmanned vehicles to maintain line-of-sight between a predetermined target and at least one of the unmanned vehicles.

Collaborative engagement for target identification and tracking

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