Combined launch and mission vehicles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9758247
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14685054

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An aircraft is provided and includes a mission vehicle configured to follow vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) operations and to execute forward flight, hover/loiter and landing operations and a launch vehicle configured to drive the mission vehicle through at least vertical take-off (VTO) operations. The launch vehicle is umbilically coupled to the mission vehicle during the VTO operations and releasable from the mission vehicle thereafter.

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SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION6900 MAIN STREET P O BOX 9729 STRATFORD CT 06615-9129

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Alber, Mark R Milford, US 39 878

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