Gas-filled carrier aircrafts and methods of dispersing unmanned aircraft systems in delivering products

A gas-filled aerial transport and launch system of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), comprising:

• a transport aircraft comprising:
• a gas chamber;
• a carrier compartment that is secured with the gas chamber such that the gas chamber induces a lifting force on the carrier compartment;
• at least one propulsion system that causes the transport aircraft to move through the air;
• and
• a navigation control system that controls the direction of travel of the transport aircraft;
• and
• wherein the carrier compartment comprises:
• an UAS storage area configured to receive multiple UASs staged to be launched in delivering products;
• and
• an UAS launching bay that enables each of the multiple UASs to be launched while the transport aircraft is in flight and while the UAS is carrying a package to be delivered to an intended corresponding delivery location that is within a UAS flight threshold from a location of the transport aircraft at the time the UAS is launched;
• wherein each of the multiple UASs comprises a wireless transceiver and a flight control circuit, wherein the flight control circuit of each of the UASs is configured to control the flight of the UAS in implementing a flight path to one of a plurality of wait locations after delivery of the package to await a remote pilot to take over flight control of the UAS to return to the UAS to the transport aircraft.

A gas-filled aerial transport and launch system of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), comprising:

• a transport aircraft comprising:
• a gas chamber;
• a carrier compartment that is secured with the gas chamber such that the gas chamber induces a lifting force on the carrier compartment;
• at least one propulsion system that causes the transport aircraft to move through the air;
• and
• a navigation control system that controls the direction of travel of the transport aircraft;
• and
• wherein the carrier compartment comprises:
• an UAS storage area configured to receive multiple UASs staged to be launched in delivering products;
• an UAS launching bay that enables each of the multiple UASs to be launched while the transport aircraft is in flight and while the UAS is carrying a package to be delivered to an intended corresponding delivery location that is within a UAS flight threshold from a location of the transport aircraft at the time the UAS is launched;
• and
• a package identifier system positioned to detect a package identifier of each package, identify that a delivery location associated with a first package of the packages is unavailable, and temporarily skip the first package in a sequence of cooperating each of the packages with one of the multiple UASs when the delivery location associated with the first package is unavailable.

A gas-filled aerial transport and launch system of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), comprising:

• a transport aircraft comprising:
• a gas chamber;
• a carrier compartment that is secured with the gas chamber such that the gas chamber induces a lifting force on the carrier compartment;
• at least one propulsion system that causes the transport aircraft to move through the air;
• and
• a navigation control system that controls the direction of travel of the transport aircraft;
• and
• wherein the carrier compartment comprises:
• an UAS storage area configured to receive multiple UASs staged to be launched in delivering products;
• an UAS launching bay that enables each of the multiple UASs to be launched while the transport aircraft is in flight and while the UAS is carrying a package to be delivered to an intended corresponding delivery location that is within a UAS flight threshold from a location of the transport aircraft at the time the UAS is launched;
• a package attaching system that automatically receives and attaches at least one package with a UAS prior to the UAS being launched;
• and
• a package retrieval system positioned proximate a package storage area, and configured to retrieve packages and transport the package to the package attaching system to allow the retrieved package to be cooperated with one of the multiple UASs.

A gas-filled aerial transport and launch system of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), comprising:

• a transport aircraft comprising:
• a gas chamber;
• a carrier compartment that is secured with the gas chamber such that the gas chamber induces a lifting force on the carrier compartment;
• at least one propulsion system that causes the transport aircraft to move through the air;
• and
• a navigation control system that controls the direction of travel of the transport aircraft;
• and
• wherein the carrier compartment comprises:
• an UAS storage area configured to receive multiple UASs staged to be launched in delivering products;
• and
• an UAS launching bay that enables each of the multiple UASs to be launched while the transport aircraft is in flight and while the UAS is carrying a package to be delivered to an intended corresponding delivery location that is within a UAS flight threshold from a location of the transport aircraft at the time the UAS is launched;
• wherein the carrier compartment comprises rack couplers configured to couple with at least one of multiple UAS racks each loaded with a plurality of the multiple UASs, and multiple package racks each loaded with a plurality of packages to be delivered by at least one of the UASs, wherein the rack couplers are configured to secure the UAS racks and the package racks within the carrier compartment.

A gas-filled aerial transport and launch system of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), comprising:

• a transport aircraft comprising:
• a gas chamber;
• a carrier compartment that is secured with the gas chamber such that the gas chamber induces a lifting force on the carrier compartment;
• at least one propulsion system that causes the transport aircraft to move through the air;
• and
• a navigation control system that controls the direction of travel of the transport aircraft;
• and
• wherein the carrier compartment comprises:
• an UAS storage area configured to receive multiple UASs staged to be launched in delivering products;
• and
• an UAS launching bay that enables each of the multiple UASs to be launched while the transport aircraft is in flight and while the UAS is carrying a package to be delivered to an intended corresponding delivery location that is within a UAS flight threshold from a location of the transport aircraft at the time the UAS is launched;
• multiple UAS racks removably positioned with the carrier compartment, wherein each of the multiple UAS racks is loaded with a plurality of the multiple UASs;
• and
• multiple package racks removably positioned with the carrier compartment, wherein each of the multiple package racks is loaded with a plurality of packages to be delivered by at least one of the UASs.