US 11,697,497 B2
Aerial vehicles having countermeasures deployed from a platform for neutralizing target aerial vehicles
Fraser M. Smith, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Marc X. Olivier, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Assigned to Sarcos Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Sarcos Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/151,316.
Prior Publication US 2020/0108926 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64F 1/00 (2006.01); F41H 11/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/12 (2006.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/024 (2013.01) [B64F 1/007 (2013.01); F41H 11/02 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/12 (2013.01); B64U 70/30 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for aerial neutralization of a target aerial vehicle, comprising:
a plurality of counter-attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), each comprising a flight control system operable to facilitate flight of the counter-attack UA V to intercept a detected target aerial vehicle; and
an aerial vehicle capture countermeasure coupled to the plurality of counterattack UAVs, wherein the plurality of counter-attack UAVs are operable in a coordinated manner to capture the target aerial vehicle with the aerial vehicle capture countermeasure,
wherein the aerial vehicle capture countermeasure comprises a transport position, the transport position comprising a low-drag transport position during flight of the plurality of counter-attack UAVs, and the aerial vehicle capture countermeasure is movable to a deployed capturing position via coordinated flight of the plurality of counter-attack UAVs relative to one another to capture the target aerial vehicle.