Airborne multi-rotor delivery system

An airborne supply system for releasing one or more unmanned aerial vehicles from a Joint Precision Airdrop System, the airborne delivery system comprising:

• the Joint Precision Airdrop System configured for being released from a transport aircraft and navigating to a release point, the Joint Precision Airdrop System further comprising a steerable parachute and a global positioning system receiver;
• a dispenser mounted to the Joint Precision Airdrop System and further comprising a housing for housing the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles with a door detachably connected by an electro-mechanical latch and further comprising a heater, a latch assembly mounted to a top surface of an interior cavity of the housing and a slide assembly comprising a first slider and a second slider, said first slider and second slider being mounted on opposing interior side surfaces of the interior cavity;
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• one or more unmanned aerial vehicles housed vertically within the dispenser and further comprising four propeller arms extending radially form a central platform, a link block located under each propeller arm for slidably interfacing with the slide assembly to position the unmanned aerial vehicle within the dispenser, a latch rod extending between a pair of link blocks and selectively secured by the latch assembly such that upon the airborne platform navigating to the release point, the latch rod is released by the latch assembly and the unmanned aerial vehicle slides along the slide assembly until dispensed from the dispenser, and a cargo bay assembly releasably connected to a bottom surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle.

A method for delivering a payload comprising the steps of:

• providing one or more unmanned aerial vehicles, each of the unmanned aerial vehicle comprising four propeller arms extending radially from a central platform, a link block located under each propeller arm, a latch rod extending between a pair of link blocks and a cargo bay assembly releasably connected to a bottom surface of the unmanned aerial vehicle;
• loading a payload into the cargo bay assembly of an unmanned aerial vehicle;
• providing a dispenser comprising a housing for housing the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles with a door detachably connected by an electro-mechanical latch and further comprising a heater, a latch assembly mounted to a top surface of an interior cavity of the housing and a slide assembly comprising a first slider and a second slider, said first slider and second slider being mounted on opposing interior side surfaces of the interior cavity;
• loading the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles in a dispenser such that each of the link blocks slidably interfaces with the slide assembly to position the one or more unmanned aerial vehicles within the dispenser and the latch rod selectively secured by the latch assembly;
• connecting the dispenser to a Joint Precision Airdrop System;
• releasing the Joint Precision Airdrop System with the dispenser from a transport aircraft at a release point;
• the Joint Precision Airdrop System navigating to a target grid;
• releasing an unmanned aerial vehicle from the dispenser by detaching the door from the housing and releasing the latch assembly;
• the unmanned aerial vehicle navigating toward a destination;
• releasing a payload from the unmanned aerial vehicle.