Shoulder launched unmanned reconnaissance system

Details Shoulder launched unmanned reconnaissance system Shoulder launched unmanned reconnaissance system

1998-01-27

2000-09-19

Barefoot, Galen L.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft, heavier-than-air

Airplane sustained

244 49, 244190, 89 1816, B64C 356

Patent

active

061199761

ABSTRACT:
A shoulder launched unmanned reconnaissance system for providing overhead visual surveillance of remote targets is disclosed. The present system includes a reconnaissance air vehicle which may be fired from a portable launcher, accelerated to flight speed, and remotely controlled using a ground control system. The vehicle is flown to the target area to enable an onboard wide angle video system to transmit video images of the target by radio or fiber optics link to the ground control system for processing and display. The ground control system enables the reconnaissance vehicle to be flown to a recovery area and to descend in a stall mode after the flight is completed for maintenance prior to reuse. The air vehicle includes collapsible wings which are deployable after launch by a spring actuated mechanism. The fuselage of the air vehicle carries an onboard video camera, an electric motor, a battery, a global positioning system receiver, flight controls, and a data link system.
In an alternative embodiment, the fuselage of the air vehicle includes a storage bay with a rotary mechanism capable of deploying sensors for chemical and biological warfare agents or other dropable payloads such as dye markers for marking fleeing motor vehicles. The present system is capable of conducting overhead surveillance up to a range of approximately 10 kilometers.

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