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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
May. 12, 2020
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin David Koller, Ramona, CA (US);
Michael Joseph Allwein, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Roy Hultenius, Encinitas, CA (US);
Armen Assatourian, Escondido, CA (US);
Russell Temple, Golden, CO (US);
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In-flight recovery of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A towline may be deployed by a host aircraft in-flight in order to recover a target UAV that is also in-flight. A reel on the host aircraft may pay out the towline having a fitting thereon. A catch on the target UAV may engage with the fitting on the towline, and the reel may then retract the towline to thereby pull in the target UAV to the host aircraft. The target UAV may then securely attach with the host aircraft.
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