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Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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

Boris Abramov, Manassas, VA (US);

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

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/12 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2020.01); G01S 13/04 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G01S 13/04 (2013.01); G01S 17/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to scanning radar reflector systems, methods, and apparatuses; even more particularly to a system, method, and apparatus for scanning and reflecting a radar beam transmitted by a radar transmitter onboard an aerial vehicle with radar reflectors equipped on unmanned aerial vehicles. The radar reflection system may include one or more unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with a one or more axis gimbal upon which a radar reflector is mounted. A user may position the unmanned aerial vehicle and the radar reflector to target a specific region for radar scanning.


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