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Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2020
Applicant:

U.s. Government As Represented BY the Secretary of the Army, Dover, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Kurt Klinkmueller, Newport News, VA (US);

Anthony Wieck, Columbus, GA (US);

Andrew Valentine, Potomac, MD (US);

Joshua Holt, Copperas Cove, TX (US);

James Bluman, West Point, NY (US);

Andrew Kopeikin, Norwood, MA (US);

Ekaterina Kuhlwein, Shrewsbury, MA (US);

Abdul Halim Abdul Rahim, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (US);

Ronald Tobin, Fairbanks, AR (US);

Nena Riccoboni, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (US);

Seth Jackson, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/027 (2013.01); B64C 2201/082 (2013.01); B64C 2201/128 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); B64C 2201/206 (2013.01);
Abstract

An airborne delivery system employs unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) released from an airborne platform, such as a Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPAD), to more accurately deliver supplies. The airborne delivery system is configured to be mounted on a JPAD, or similar airborne platform. As with a conventional JPAD, the JPAD is then released from an airborne vehicle. After a certain amount of flight time, one or more UAVs are released mid-flight from the airborne delivery system.


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