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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Govt of the Us As Rep BY the Secy of the Air Force, Wright Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Michael L. Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Nicholas R. Black, Charlotte, NC (US);
Joseph A. Puglisi, Roy, UT (US);
Mary E. Hood, Brighton, GB;
Joseph Anderson, Edwards, CA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
A portable communication system for use in hostile and unknown environments. The system has a base station for control by an operator. The base station dispatches one or more unmanned drones into the hostile environment, where a forward agent, such a robot or investigative person can approach a suspected threat. Each drone has a payload of repeaters to be delivered as necessary to maintain line of sight communication from the forward agent back to the base station. Once delivered, the repeaters are mobile and can autonomously reposition to maintain or optimize line of sight communication. Communications from the forward agent back to the base station are then interpreted and analyzed for further action.