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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2018
Applicant:

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);

Inventors:

Boris Abramov, Manassas, VA (US);

John B. Wissler, Waltham, MA (US);

Martin Kearney-Fischer, Manassas, VA (US);

Jason Ryan, Manassas, VA (US);

Jae-Woo Choi, Manassas, VA (US);

James D. Paduano, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 11/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); F41H 13/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 13/0043 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); F41H 11/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0016 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/126 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01); B64C 2201/208 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject disclosure relates an aerial defense system to defend against a detected threat. The aerial defense system may comprise a plurality of defensive aircraft, an aircraft storage system to house the plurality of defensive aircraft, an aircraft controller in communication with each of a targeting system and the plurality of defensive aircraft, and a human machine interface (HMI) device to provide operator interaction. In operation, one or more of the plurality of defensive aircraft may engage the detected threat. At least one of the plurality of defensive aircraft may include a target neutralization device to strike, or otherwise engage, the detected threat.


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