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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2022
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Michael Joseph Allwein, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
David Childers, San Diego, CA (US);
Keith Richards, Ramona, CA (US);
Jesse Stence, Leander, TX (US);
Tony Goetz, San Diego, CA (US);
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a system for recovery of a target aircraft by a host aircraft, the system including a towline having a proximal section configured to be coupled with the host aircraft and a distal section configured to be paid out from the host aircraft, a fitting coupled with the distal section of the towline, wherein the fitting comprises a housing, a global navigation satellite system receiver (e.g., without limitation, a GPS receiver), and a global navigation satellite system antenna. In some embodiments, when paid out from the host aircraft, the towline is configured to be in a substantially vertical orientation. The system of some embodiments can further include a capture mechanism configured to be coupled with a fuselage of the target aircraft and configured to capture the fitting.
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