Title:
RELATIVE NAVIGATION FOR AERIAL RECOVERY OF AIRCRAFT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/010655
Kind Code:
A3
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.
Inventors:
ALLWEIN MICHAEL JOSEPH (US)
CHILDERS DAVID (US)
RICHARDS KEITH (US)
STENCE JESSE (US)
GOETZ TONY (US)
CHILDERS DAVID (US)
RICHARDS KEITH (US)
STENCE JESSE (US)
GOETZ TONY (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2023/024179
Publication Date:
March 14, 2024
Filing Date:
June 01, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS INC (US)
International Classes:
B64C39/02; B64D3/02; B64D5/00; B64U70/30; G01S19/13
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Other References:
CAIZZONE STEFANO; ELMARISSI WAHID; BUCHNER GEORG; SGAMMINI MATTEO: "Compact 6+1 antenna array for robust GNSS applications", 2016 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LOCALIZATION AND GNSS (ICL-GNSS), 28 June 2016 (2016-06-28), pages 1 - 4, XP032938918, DOI: 10.1109/ICL-GNSS.2016.7533853
PARLIN KAREL; ALAM MUHAMMAD MAHTAB; LE MOULLEC YANNICK: "Jamming of UAV remote control systems using software defined radio", 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ICMCIS), 22 May 2018 (2018-05-22), pages 1 - 6, XP033367876, DOI: 10.1109/ICMCIS.2018.8398711
PARLIN KAREL; ALAM MUHAMMAD MAHTAB; LE MOULLEC YANNICK: "Jamming of UAV remote control systems using software defined radio", 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ICMCIS), 22 May 2018 (2018-05-22), pages 1 - 6, XP033367876, DOI: 10.1109/ICMCIS.2018.8398711
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LOZAN, Vladimir (US)
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