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Variable aperture phased array incorporating vehicle swarm

  • US 9,247,364 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2013
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for acoustic testing, comprising:

  • a plurality of acoustic sensors mounted to a plurality of vehicles, wherein the plurality of vehicles comprise at least one aerial-based vehicle;

    a control system configured to;

    instruct the plurality of vehicles to move into a first predetermined configuration at a first time; and

    instruct the plurality of vehicles to move into a second predetermined configuration at a second time; and

    a data acquisition system configured to;

    receive a first set of data generated by the plurality of acoustic sensors in response to noise from a noise source proximate the plurality of vehicles when the plurality of vehicles are in the first predetermined configuration at the first time; and

    receive a second set of data generated by the plurality of acoustic sensors in response to noise from the noise source proximate the plurality of vehicles when the plurality of vehicles are in the second predetermined configuration at the second time.

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