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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Hunter I. Stephens, Hagatna, GU (US);
Stephen M. Cunningham, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Andrew J. Lichtsinn, Green Valley, AZ (US);
Travis M. Edwards, Stuart, FL (US);
Michael L. Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Cory A. Cooper, Monument, CO (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
A system for defeating a threat unmanned aerial vehicle. The system includes a friendly unmanned aerial vehicle, a capturing device configured to be suspended from the friendly unmanned aerial vehicle for arresting a threat unmanned aerial vehicle, and one or more load-limited release mechanisms for removably suspending a releasable portion of the capturing device from the friendly unmanned aerial vehicle. In certain embodiments, the load-limited release mechanisms are configured to release the entirety of the capturing device from the friendly unmanned aerial vehicle upon capture of the threat unmanned aerial vehicle. In other embodiments, the load limited release mechanisms are configured to release only a peripheral portion of the capturing device to reposition a captured unmanned aerial vehicle to a central portion of the capturing device for carrying the captured vehicle to a remote location.