An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can be deployed from a small stowed package for flight and stowed back into the package after the flight is complete is disclosed. The UAV is retracted to a volume that is less than half of it's fully deployed volume. This allows the UAV to be transported to any desired field position on a truck or other convenient transportation. The UAV may also be launched from a ship deck. In a further aspect, the flexible deployment of the UAV will allow a single UAV to be used in place of multiple types of UAVs.
STOWABLE AND DEPLOYABLE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
VERSTAUBARES UND ENTFALTBARES UNBEMANNTES LUFTFAHRZEUG
VÉHICULE AÉRIEN SANS PILOTE ESCAMOTABLE ET POUVANT ÊTRE DÉPLOYÉ
2017-05-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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