B64D 3/02
Aircraft adaptations to facilitate towing or being towed: for towing targets
Official title: for towing targets
B64D3/02 (Aircraft adaptations to facilitate towing or being towed: for towing targets) appears on 60 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64D- Granted patents
- 60
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 99
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Relative navigation for aerial recovery of aircraft20 Jan 2026US 12,528,584 B2General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
- Automated towed glider control system30 Dec 2025US 12,509,243 B2Pathfinder Systems, Inc.
- Device for capturing a flying craft and capture system comprising a drone provided with such a device22 Oct 2024US 12,122,542 B2Mbda France
- Method and flexible apparatus permitting advanced radar signal processing, tracking, and classification/identification design and evaluation using single unmanned air surveillance (UAS) device21 May 2024US 11,987,355 B2Raytheon Company
- Deployable emergency situation awareness support system9 Apr 2024US 11,952,114 B2Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
- Automated towed glider control system19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077854 A1Pathfinder Systems, Inc.
- Automated towed glider control system19 Dec 2024US 2024/0417103 A1Pathfinder Systems, Inc.
- Device for protecting a helicopter provided with an onboard hoist, hoist provided with such a device and helicopter provided with such an on-board hoist28 Dec 2023US 2023/0415889 A1Reel
- Relative navigation for aerial recovery of aircraft28 Dec 2023US 2023/0415891 A1General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
- Nuclear aircraft system "karavan", aircraft thrust nuclear power plant, its hybrid thermal power cycle, its maintenance system and emergency response system6 Jul 2023US 2023/0211886 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Small unmanned air vehicle system for deploying and towing a sensor in a tow medium and methods related thereto82US 7,673,831 B2Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2010
- Electronically configurable towed decoy for dispensing infrared emitting flares47US 6,055,909 ARaytheon Company · 2000
- System for deployment and retrieval of airborne towed vehicles30US 6,199,793 B1Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation · 2001
- Method and apparatus for fast deploying and retrieving of towed bodies30US 6,886,773 B2BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. · 2005
- Decoy system28US 4,852,455 ASouthwest Aerospace Corporation · 1989