Device for catching and launching an unmanned aerial vehicle

A device for catching and launching a guided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the device comprising:

• a supporting post (1) with a horizontal shaft (7) mounted in an upper portion of the supporting post, and
• a lever (2) mounted on the horizontal shaft (7) so as to make a full revolution around a horizontal axis of the horizontal shaft (7) within a vertical plane,
• the lever comprising an engagement/disengagement member (3) that is equipped with an interaction means (4) for an interaction with a UAV (19) catching member (5) and an active or a passive optical member (20), which is arranged on the lever (2),
• wherein the lever (2) further comprises two coaxial portions, one of which is the engagement/disengagement member (3), and the other is a bar (6), with one end of the bar coupled to the horizontal shaft (7), while another end of the bar is connected to the engagement/disengagement member (3),
• wherein the two coaxial portions are connected to each other by means of a hinge (8) so that the two coaxial portions are fixed in a coaxial state and of offsetting an axis of the engagement/disengagement member (3) relative to an axis of the bar (6) axis within a rotation plane of the lever (2),
• wherein the horizontal shaft (7) is equipped with a means (10, 11, 12) for accumulating and/or dissipating kinetic energy of the UAV (19),
• wherein the lever (2) is fixed on the horizontal shaft (7) so as to provide an elastic offset of the interaction means (4) of the engagement/disengagement member (3) within a plane that is perpendicular to the rotation plane of the lever (2), and
• wherein the interaction means (4) is configured to provide a mutual locking/unlocking with a catching member (5) of the UAV.