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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Dustin Gamble, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Matthew Curran, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Dustin Gamble, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Matthew Curran, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes an unmanned, multirotor helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft. The multirotor helicopter may couple to the fixed-wing aircraft to support and hold the fixed-wing aircraft. The multirotor helicopter may then elevate the fixed-wing aircraft from a launch site to a release altitude. The multirotor helicopter may also accelerate the fixed-wing aircraft to a release speed and upon reaching the release speed, release the fixed-wing aircraft. The unmanned, multirotor helicopter may then return to the launch site.