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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey Edward Polus, Hillsboro, IL (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Cargo aerial delivery systems for delivering one or more delivery items and related methods. A cargo aerial delivery system may include a cargo container configured to carry the delivery item(s) and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) configured to carry the cargo container to delivery destinations of the delivery items. The cargo container may include a programmable device that stores manifest information regarding the delivery item(s) and a local communication mode configured to convey delivery information from the cargo container to the UAV. A method of utilizing a cargo aerial delivery system may include loading delivery item(s) into a container body of a cargo container, entering manifest information into a programmable device, operatively engaging the cargo container with a UAV, generating a delivery itinerary, transporting the cargo container with the UAV according to the delivery itinerary, and unloading each delivery item at the respective delivery destination.