Multiple environment unmanned vehicle

DWPI Title: Multiple environment unmanned vehicle (MEUV), has two or more mobility attachments which are selected from group consisting of aerial configuration kit, aquatic configuration kit, and land configuration kit
Abstract: A MEUV that is able to navigate aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial environments through the use of different mission mobility attachments is disclosed. The attachments allow the MEUV to be deployed from the air or through the water prior to any terrestrial navigation. The mobility attachments can be removed or detached by and from the vehicle during a mission.
Use: Multiple environment unmanned vehicle e.g. unpiloted aircraft for operating in land, sea and air environments.
Advantage: The nose and tail assemblies provide aerodynamic stability and reduced drag to the MEUV aerial configuration. An airbag is used to both absorb the energy of a crash landing, as well as to generate the force needed to remove the wings from the wheels.
Novelty: The vehicle has a central platform with a control unit (46), drive system (44), power supply (43) and a payload (42). The two or more mobility attachments are connected to the central platform. The two or more mobility attachments are selected from a group consisting of an aerial configuration kit, an aquatic configuration kit, and a land configuration kit. The aerial configuration kit comprises one or more wings. The aquatic configuration kit comprises one or more propulsion planes. The land configuration kit comprises one or more wheels.
Filed: 9/11/2014
Application Number: US14484138A
Tech ID: SD 12732.1
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
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