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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9897417
APP PUB NO 20160356574A1
SERIAL NO

15100453

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Disclosed is a method for delivering a load on-board an aircraft to a target. The method comprises: acquiring a position of the target; acquiring parameter values relating to aircraft maneuverability; acquiring load properties; acquiring parameter values relating to environmental conditions; using the acquired information, determining a position and a velocity value; performing, by the aircraft, the procedure; and, at a point in the procedure that the aircraft has the determined position and its travelling at a velocity equal to the determined velocity value, releasing the load. The determined position and velocity value are such that, were the aircraft to release the load while having the determined position and velocity, the load would travel to be within a predetermined distance of the target. The procedure is such that the aircraft would have the determined position and velocity at some time-step.

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BAE SYSTEMS PLC6 CARLTON GARDENS LONDON SW1Y 5AD UNITED KINGDOM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Tebay, Andrew Christopher Warton, GB 6 351

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