Systems for transporting, deploying, and docking unmanned aerial vehicles mountable on a ground vehicle

A housing for an unmanned aerial vehicle, the housing comprising:

• a base portion defining a cavity, the cavity being structured to receive the unmanned aerial vehicle therein in a docked position, the cavity opening upwardly when the housing is mounted on a ground vehicle;
• a drafting wall structured to extend from the base portion at a location forward of at least a portion of the cavity when the housing is mounted on the ground vehicle;
• and
• an unmanned aerial vehicle catcher assembly structured to stop a moving unmanned aerial vehicle impacting the catcher assembly, the catcher assembly being positioned between the drafting wall and the cavity such that the moving unmanned aerial vehicle will drop directly into the docked position in the cavity after impacting the catching assembly,
• wherein the catcher assembly includes a first post mounted along a first side of the housing, a second post mounted along a second side of the housing opposite the first side, and a catching member having a first end attached to the first post and a second end attached to the second post, the catching member extending between the first post and the second post for catching the unmanned aerial vehicle in the catching member between the first post and the second post,
• wherein the drafting wall is hollowed out adjacent the cavity, and wherein the unmanned aerial vehicle catcher assembly is positioned within the hollowed out portion of the drafting wall, and
• wherein the first and second posts are extendable from and retractable into the housing.