Deployable aerial countermeasures for neutralizing and capturing target aerial vehicles

This invention describes a drone designed to intercept and capture other drones or aerial vehicles. It uses a flight control system to track and fly towards a target, then deploys a capture mechanism, like a net, to neutralize it. The drone can operate autonomously, using its own sensors, such as a camera, to detect and track the target.

Why it matters: Filed before widespread advancements in AI-powered real-time object tracking and edge computing for UAVs. The claims for autonomous flight and camera-based target tracking are now significantly more achievable with current technology.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedAutonomous flight software, target tracking, capture mechanism.

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