US 12687861 B2 / Jul 21, 2026

Fleet controller for multiple types of uncrewed vehicles

Methods and systems are described herein for generating travel trajectories for uncrewed vehicles. In particular, a navigation system may receive (e.g., from an operator) a travel velocity for moving a fleet of uncrewed vehicles. The navigation system may then identify whether any aerial uncrewed vehicles have a minimum speed that is higher than the travel velocity. Based on the identifying one or more aerial uncrewed vehicles with minimum speed that is higher than the travel velocity, the navigation system may generate a travel trajectory for each aerial uncrewed vehicle. The travel trajectory may take into account vehicle parameters such as minimum turn radius.

Publication details

Recorded assignee
AeroVironment, Inc.
Publication number
US 12687861 B2
Publication type
Utility patent grant
Publication date
Jul 21, 2026
Filing date
Jun 28, 2024
CPC classes
G05D1/65, G05D1/69, G05D1/248, G05D1/646, G05D1/692, G05D1/695, G08G5/22, G08G5/26, G08G5/32, G08G5/53, G08G5/56, G08G5/57, G08G5/727, G05D2109/10, G05D2109/12, G05D2109/20, G05D2109/22, G05D2109/254, G08G5/74
Inventors
Summer; Matthew D., Bowman; William S., Moffett; Mark B.

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