Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation

TERRAIN FOLLOWING ALTITUDE PROFILE GENERATION FOR ROUTE PLANNING

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Methods and apparatus for space-efficient aircraft deployment

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Apparatus and method for delivering a payload

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Spring-integrated rotors

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Waterjet cutting apparatus and related methods

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Conflict detection and avoidance for a robot with right-of-way rule compliant maneuver selection

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Adaptive autonomy system architecture

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Integrated electric nacelle system and method

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Planning system for multimodal travel

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Terrain following altitude profile generation for route planning

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Monitoring an environment for objects left by individuals

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Rotor for electric motor

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Systems and methods for operating a vehicle in a degraded visual environment

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Rotor assemblies for scissoring propeller

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Selection of an alternate destination in response to a contingency event

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System for navigating an aircraft based on infrared beacon signals

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PROGRAMMABLE BATTERY PACK

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Sky segmentor using canny lines

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Battery management system

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Global positioning denied navigation

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Chemistry; metallurgy

Conductive doped-epoxy hybrid surfacing film

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Unmanned aerial aquatic platform with battery management

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Submergible aerial vehicle

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Aircraft having hybrid propulsion

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Energy absorbing landing gear system for a vertical landing apparatus and method of using the same

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Fixed-wing short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft and related methods

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Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and related methods

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Propeller assemblies, aircraft including the same, and associated methods

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Task allocation for vehicles

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Double-blown wing vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

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Aerial vehicle navigation system

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Differential blade geometry for rotor assemblies

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Noble gas based low profile self-inflatable insulation for high altitude application of Li-ion battery pack

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Propulsor system with integrated passive cooling

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System and method to reflect radar using aircraft

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Fixed constructions

Vertiport and associated method for enhancing stability and attenuating noise during an aircraft landing and takeoff

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Retractable propulsor assemblies for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft

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Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with tiltable rotors

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Passive rotor alignment in a free-wheeling state

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Takeoff/landing stability augmentation by active wind gust sensing

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Aircraft imaging system using projected patterns on featureless surfaces

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Collision-avoidance system and method for unmanned aircraft

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Programmable battery pack

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Battery management system

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Battery switch with current control

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Programmable battery pack

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Aircrew automation system and method with integrated imaging and force sensing modalities

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Motor cooling system and method

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Method and system for improving transition lift-fan performance

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Laser speckle system and method for an aircraft

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Micro-fiducial for machine vision

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Multi-point contact, flexed landing gear

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Adaptive sense and avoid system

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Trajectory planner for a vehicle

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Adaptable vehicle monitoring system

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Manufacturing monitoring system

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Boundary layer control system and device

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Ground operations for autonomous object pickup

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System and method for detecting obstacles in aerial systems

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Mechanically-distributed propulsion drivetrain and architecture

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Aircrew automation system and method

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Object-tracking system

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System and method to reduce DVE effect on lidar return

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Aircraft landing systems and methods for monitoring a vertical landing of an aircraft

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Aerial vehicle interception system

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Combination flight and ground apparatus for a vehicle

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Chemosensing autonomy system for a vehicle

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System and method for distributed airflow sensing

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Systems and methods for acoustic radiation control

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COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD

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Propulsors, aircraft including the propulsors, and methods of directing a fluid stream in a propulsor

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Systems and methods to automate composite manufacturing quality checks

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Systems and methods for ground integrity measurement

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Deployable net for an intercepting vehicle

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Adaptive autonomy system architecture

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Method of robot manipulation in a vibration environment

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System and method for providing in-cockpit actuation of aircraft controls

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End-effector for workpiece manipulation system

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Power distribution system for aircraft

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Positive pressure relief valve

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Aircraft fuselage with composite pre-form

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Jamming grippers with stencil moldings

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Systems and methods for reducing the propeller noise

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Autonomous cargo delivery system

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Composite fan blades with integral attachment mechanism

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Ground manipulation system and method for fixing an aircraft

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Aircraft fuselage and structural cable for aircraft fuselage

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Human necessities

Systems and methods for monitoring pilot health

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Virtual reality system for aerial vehicle

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Autonomous package delivery system

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Active wing-twist mechanism and control system

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Composite structures incorporating additive manufactured components

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Aerial vehicle imaging and targeting system

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Aerial vehicle interception system

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Rail recovery system for aircraft

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High efficiency, low RPM, underwater propeller

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Dynamic collision-avoidance system and method

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Aircrew automation system and method with integrated imaging and force sensing modalities

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System and method for detecting obstacles in aerial systems

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