Aerovironment, Inc.

Steven Bradley Chambers

Christopher Eugene Fisher

John Peter Zwaan

Austin Craig Gunder

Pavil Belik

Justin Bates McAllister

Marc L Schmalzel

Gabriel E Torres

Carlos Augusto Coronado

Gordon Bryan Hudson

Peter De Baets

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 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

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 ().

A system having: a processor and addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: receive a geographic data defining a selected geographical area; receive an operating mode associated with the selected geographical area, where the received operating mode restricts at least one of: a viewing of a UAV data and a recording of the UAV data by at least one user device; and broadcast the UAV data to the at least one user device based on the selected geographical area and the received operating mode.

Privacy shield for unmanned aerial systems

Methods, systems, and devices for determining system/device configuration and setting a mode of operation based on the determined configuration. An air vehicle processor: (a) receives a component information set of at least one external component; (b) determine a mode of operation, by the processor having a current mode of operation setting, based on the received component information and at least one of: an initial mode of operation setting and the current mode of operation setting; (c) determines whether all of the one or more received component information sets match a configuration requirement; (d) transitions to a flight-ready status if the determination is a conjunctive match; and (e) transition to a reset status if the determination is not a conjunctive match.

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Simi Valley, CA, United States of America

Steven Bradley Chambers