System and method for interception and countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS) patent

System and method for interception and countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVS)

Systems, devices, and methods for identifying a target aerial vehicle, deploying an interceptor aerial vehicle comprising at least one effector, maneuvering the interceptor aerial vehicle to a position to engage a target aerial vehicle, deploying the at least one effector to intercept the target aerial vehicle, and confirming that the target aerial vehicle has been intercepted.

Publication details

Recorded assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
Publication number: US 12596371 B2
Publication type: Utility patent grant
Publication date: Apr 7, 2026
Filing date: Jan 11, 2023
CPC classes: B64U70/30, F41G7/224, F41G7/30, F41G9/002, F41H11/02, F41H13/0006, G05D1/0038, G05D1/005, G05D1/0094, G05D1/102, G05D1/12, G05D1/2247, G05D1/46, G05D1/652, G05D1/686, B64U10/13, B64U20/87, B64U2101/30, B64U2201/20
Inventors: Fisher; Christopher Eugene, Morgan; Michael Franklin

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