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System and method for payload management for unmanned aircraft

  • US 10,336,453 B2
  • Filed: 01/14/2016
  • Issued: 07/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A payload management system for an unmanned aircraft system providing an unmanned aircraft to carry payload comprising at least one payload segment on a mission, the payload management system comprising:

  • (a) a carrier for payload carried by the unmanned aircraft;

    (b) a containment system to contain the payload;

    wherein the containment system comprises an inflatable pod attachable to and removable from the carrier by insertion of a head portion of the inflatable pod into a receptacle in the carrier and inflation of the inflatable pod to expand the head portion to prevent removal of the inflatable pod from the receptacle until the inflatable pod is at least partially deflated; and

    wherein the inflatable pod of the containment system is attachable to the exterior to of the unmanned aircraft and aerodynamic characteristics of a body of the pod outside of the receptacle and exterior to the unmanned aircraft are adjustable by selective inflation and deflation of the pod.

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