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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2018
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Amanda Kaufman, Needham, MA (US);
William Robert Bosworth, Somerville, MA (US);
James Donald Paduano, Boston, MA (US);
Riley C. Griffin, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sachin Jain, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Abstract
An aircraft, system, and method for sensing and/or releasing chemical agents by an aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft, system, and method may employ a chemical sensor, a wind sensor, an imaging device for capturing environmental features, and/or a processor operably coupled therewith. The processor may be used for collecting data from the chemical sensor, the wind sensor, and the imaging device to identify a navigational waypoint and to provide commands to the chemical sensor or to the aircraft based at least in part on collected data.