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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
David C. Briggs, Edgewood, MD (US);
Corey A. Fleischer, Abingdon, MD (US);
Greg W. Klein, Bel Air, MD (US);
Adam M. Knabe, Nottingham, MD (US);
George Gregory Miller, Blatimore, MD (US);
Michael W. Poppek, Baltimore, MD (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A UAV capture system including a cable array comprising at least two laterally-spaced cables carried by a first cable support structure. Catches disposed on respective port and starboard wings of a UAV are positioned to engage the cables when the UAV flies into them. A payout device pays out the engaged cables after they have been engaged by the UAV and a brake decelerates the UAV by resisting the pay out of the cables.