Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods
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Jan 3, 2023
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Jun 3, 2021
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Oct 22, 2020
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Dec 13, 2016
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Aerial launch and/or recovery for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods are described. A representative system includes a first, carrier aircraft having an airframe, a propulsion system carried by the airframe and positioned to support the carrier aircraft in hover, and a capture line carried by the carrier aircraft and deployable to hang from the carrier aircraft. The capture line is sized to releasably engage with a capture device of a second, carried aircraft. The system further includes a retrieval device positioned to support the carried aircraft for detachment from the capture line.
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