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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Eads Deutschland Gmbh, Ottobrunn, DE;
Inventors:
Hans Wolfgang Pongratz, Taufkirchen, DE;
Manfred Hiebl, Neuburg a.d. Donau, DE;
Assignee:
EADS Deutschland GmbH, Ottobrunn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 37/02 (2006.01); B64C 3/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 37/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air-to-surface surveillance and/or weapons system includes a base aircraft and an unmanned slave aircraft that can be uncoupled from a base aircraft and coupled back to it again. The base aircraft and slave aircraft are equipped with coupling equipment designed to work together. The base aircraft is equipped with surveillance and monitoring equipment. The slave aircraft is equipped with monitoring equipment and/or weapons. The slave aircraft can be connected to a control station via a data link for data exchange and can be controlled from this control station.