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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Daniel W. Steele, Clay, NY (US);
John H. Goodemote, Oneida, NY (US);
David J. Erickson, Liverpool, NY (US);
Daniel W. Steele, Clay, NY (US);
John H. Goodemote, Oneida, NY (US);
David J. Erickson, Liverpool, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system and a small unmanned air vehicle (SUAV) system for deploying and towing a sensor in a tow medium, and to methods related thereto. A UAV-sensor towing package comprises a fixed-wing UAV including a control and signal processing platform, a long range data RF link operably connected to the control and signal processing platform, a UAV wireless data link operably connected to the control and signal processing platform, and a tow body deployment system operably connected to the control and signal processing platform; a tow line attached at an end thereof to the UAV; a tow body attached to another end of the tow line; and a communications link including a transmitter/receiver component coupled to the tow line, and a T/R wireless data transmission link () operably connected with the transmitter/receiver component and the UAV wireless data link.