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US 2022/0242545 A1Published application
Autonomous intelligence surveillance reconnaissance and payload delivery system and method of using same
AssigneeSilicis Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMichael J. STIGLER, Nicholas James SETAR
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Abstract
An intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance system is disclosed including a ground station and one or more aerial vehicles. The aerial vehicles are autonomous systems capable of communicating intelligence data to the ground station and be used as part of a missile delivery package. A plurality of aerial vehicles can be configured to cast a wide net of reconnaissance over a large area on the ground including smaller overlapping reconnaissance areas provided by each of the plurality of the aerial vehicles.
Claims14
1-82. (canceled)
A vehicle, comprising:
- a skin defining an interior volume adapted to hold a first quantity of fluid that is lighter than air;
- a bladder releasably coupled to an exterior portion of the skin, the bladder adapted to hold a second quantity of fluid that is lighter than air;
- wherein the first quantity of fluid does not intermingle with the second quantity of fluid.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a skin defining an interior volume adapted to hold a first quantity of fluid that is lighter than air;
- at least one closable aperture in the skin;
- a ballonet disposed within the interior volume and adapted to hold a second quantity of fluid, the ballonet defining a ballonet volume;
- and
- at least one lumen fluidically coupling the ballonet and the at least one aperture for controllable flow of fluid therebetween;
- wherein the ballonet is not coupled to the skin except by the at least one lumen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.