A removable catch arm and rotating porous platform improve attachment and positioning for autonomous delivery to moving vessels.
A steerable kite keeps a tether line tensioned to capture and decelerate UAVs from ships or unprepared areas without runways.
A steerable kite suspends a tether line so UAVs can be captured and decelerated without runways, enabling recovery from ships and unprepared areas.
A semisubmersible vessel uses suspended cables, hooks, and straps to catch, stabilize, and rotate a descending rocket without heavy landing gear.
A motorized trolley grips and lifts skid landing gear to move VTOL aircraft safely with less operator effort and better stability in harsh conditions.
A shipborne cable and strap system captures a descending rocket by a rotatable arm, avoiding heavy landing gear and enabling sea recovery.
An acute angled stern extending below the design waterline decreases rear displacement to reduce wave slamming impact loads and pitching.
A floating platform with submerged fuel storage enables continuous surveillance and vehicle dispatch without manned assets.
Independent rotatable hulls provide rapid lateral acceleration, positioning the vessel under descending rocket components to prevent ocean impact damage.
Capsule mounts drones with charging and buoyancy control to extend operational radius while reducing exposure risks.
Multiple hulls and vertical deck stacking resolve stability limits in existing carriers, enabling safe simultaneous aircraft operations.
Colored optical beams replace GPS navigation to guide drones onto naval platforms, resolving jamming risks while maintaining precise landing control.
Vacuum disc means analyze platform behavior to deploy adhesive support plates, preventing aircraft slippage and tilting in heavy seas.
An active landing platform uses moving means to keep the footboard horizontal.
A hybrid aircraft system merges gas engine and electric motor power to provide vertical thrust and forward flight capability.
Segmented buoy modules deploy via UAVs to extend operational range, resolving the trade-off between speed and structural complexity.
Rotating capture frame uses water resistance to brake and dampen unmanned aerial vehicle landing forces, replacing complex mechanical shock absorbers.
Flat securing means attach helicopters to landing pads via mechanical interlocking, eliminating heavy harpoon devices and enabling quick relocation on ships.
Virtual projection displays real-time altitude and position data on the deck, eliminating manual guidance errors during rough sea landings.
A naval cockpit head-up display overlays drone navigation data onto the pilot's field of view to enhance situational awareness.
Retractable anchoring hooks slide along deck rails to secure aircraft landing gear, preventing uncontrolled movements during rough sea operations.
A winch and grid system retrieves vertical landing unmanned aircraft against buoyancy and wind forces.
Inflatable folding runways deploy quickly on water surfaces while resisting compression forces.
A camera rangefinder computes relative position via navigation data to maintain precise altitude above moving platforms.
A buoyant offshore terminal uses a vertically symmetric hull with tapered walls to generate radiation damping.
Onboard radar and LIDAR sensors enable autonomous aircraft landing on naval vessels without shipboard infrastructure.
Hydraulic actuators counteract hull oscillations to stabilize the landing surface, resolving structural rigidity versus operational safety trade-offs.
Retrofitted LPIA devices use Newton-Raphson positioning algorithms to enable precision landing on moving ships when primary GPS signals are jammed.