Aerovironment, Inc.

Nanovir LLC

University of Missouri

Other

Pharmacia & Upjohn Company

Aeroviroment, Inc.

Christopher Eugene Fisher

Bart Dean Hibbs

Pavel Belik

William Arden Lott

Jason Sidharthadev Mukherjee

John Peter Zwaan

Justin Bates McAllister

Austin Craig Gunder

Marc L Schmalzel

Eric James Aagaard

Steven Bradley Chambers

Thomas Robert Szarek

James K Bashkin

Kevin J Koeller

Terri Grace Edwards

Lane Dennis Dalan

Emil Ghapgharan

Pavil Belik

David R Thompson

Tyson R Jensen

Karl R Klingbiel

Phillip T Tokumaru

Gabriel E Torres

George D Harris, Jr

Karl Robert Klingebiel

William Martin Parks

Makoto Ueno

David Wayne Ganzer

Jeremy D Tyler

Joseph Frederick King

Dana J Taylor

Wanxia He

Michael Franklin Morgan

George D Harris

An aircraft apparatus is disclosed that has a fuselage boom having proximal and distal ends, a wing coupled to a proximal end of the fuselage boom and at least one transparent stabilizer coupled to a distal end of the fuselage boom.

Aircraft system for reduced observer visibility

A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system includes a UAV pod having a UAV pod processor and a UAV selectively enclosed in the UAV pod, the UAV having only two rotors.

Pod operating system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

A motor assembly that includes a motor having a motor casing, a rotatable shaft extending from said motor casing to a shaft length and a hub coupled to said rotatable shaft, the hub having a circumferential skid surface disposed immediately proximal to the motor casing and having a channel configured to seat a propeller, when a propeller is present, wherein a bending moment applied to the shaft through the hub results in the circumferential skid surface contacting said motor casing.

Method and system for protecting a rotatable shaft of a motor from excessive bending moments

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system, including: a UAV pod having an interior; and a telescoping UAV landing surface disposed in the interior of the UAV pod; where the telescoping UAV landing surface may translate up toward a top opening of the UAV pod, translate down into an interior of the UAV pod, or rotate relative to the UAV pod.

Pod launch and landing system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight includes providing horizontal thrust in-line with the direction of forward flight of the UAV using at least one electric motor, providing primary vertical lift for the UAV during the forward flight using a fixed and non-rotating wing, repositioning the at least one electric motor to provide vertical thrust during transition of the UAV to vertical flight for descent, landing the UAV on a surface using a vertical approach after the motor repositioning, and deploying an anchor to secure the UAV to a surface.

Unmanned aerial vehicle and method of operation

System for protecting a rotatable shaft of a motor from excessive bending moments

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) storage and launch system includes a UAV pod having an open position and a closed position, the closed position establishing an interior that is weather resistant to an environment external to the UAV pod and a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAV enclosed in the UAV pod so that the UAV pod in the closed position provides a weather resistant interior for the VTOL UAV.

Pod cover system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

A method of migrating unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations between geographic survey areas, including: uploading a first plurality of flight missions into a first UAV pod; deploying the UAV pod; autonomously launching the UAV from the UAV pod a plurality of times to perform the first plurality of flight missions; providing first survey data from the UAV to the UAV pod; autonomously migrating the UAV from the first UAV pod to a second UAV pod; receiving a second plurality of flight missions in a second UAV pod; providing the UAV with one of the second plurality of flight missions from the second UAV pod; autonomously launching the UAV from the second UAV pod a plurality of times to perform the second plurality of flight missions; and providing a second survey data from the UAV to the second UAV pod; where the autonomous migrating of the UAV to accomplish the first and second survey data happens autonomously and without active human intervention.

Survey migration system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

An aircraft defining an upright orientation and an inverted orientation, a ground station; and a control system for remotely controlling the flight of the aircraft. The ground station has an auto-land function that causes the aircraft to invert, stall, and controllably land in the inverted orientation to protect a payload and a rudder extending down from the aircraft. In the upright orientation, the ground station depicts the view from a first aircraft camera. When switching to the inverted orientation: (1) the ground station depicts the view from a second aircraft camera, (2) the aircraft switches the colors of red and green wing lights, extends the ailerons to act as inverted flaps, and (3) the control system adapts a ground station controller for the inverted orientation. The aircraft landing gear is an expanded polypropylene pad located above the wing when the aircraft is in the upright orientation.

Deep stall aircraft landing

Pod launch and landing system for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS)

Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target aerial vehicle, deploying an interceptor aerial vehicle comprising at least one effector, maneuvering the interceptor aerial vehicle to a position to engage a target aerial vehicle, deploying the at least one effector to intercept the target aerial vehicle, and confirming that the target aerial vehicle has been intercepted.

System and method for interception and countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS)

A method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight includes providing horizontal thrust in-line with the direction of forward flight of the UAV () using at least one electric motor (), providing primary vertical lift for the UAV () during the forward flight using a fixed and non-rotating wing (), repositioning the at least one electric motor (') to provide vertical thrust during transition of the UAV () to vertical flight (A) for descent (E), landing the UAV () on a surface () using a vertical approach after the motor repositioning, and deploying an anchor () to secure the UAV () to a surface ().

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Leo, IN, United States of America

Christopher Eugene Fisher