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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2023
Anduril Industries, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Matthew J. Goldberg, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Gregory Joseph Toland, Escondido, CA (US);
Kevin Heffelfinger, Gardena, CA (US);
Lane Iverson, Irvine, CA (US);
Anduril Industries, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application discloses an aircraft configured for vertical take-off and landing and horizontal flight. The aircraft includes (i) a first nacelle fuel tank configured to hold a first fuel supply for a first engine and to selectively provide fuel to the first engine during both (a) a vertical take-off and landing, and (b) horizontal flight; (ii) a fuselage fuel tank, and (iii) a control system configured to redistribute fuel between the first nacelle fuel tank and the fuselage fuel tank.