Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to a multi-drone automotive system that includes a first drone configured to carry one or more detachable drones. The first drone, which may be referred to as a carrier drone, may be mounted upon an automobile and operated in a tethered mode of flight. The detachable drones may be launched from the carrier drone to carry out untethered flight. The carrier drone and/or the detachable drones may be used for various applications. In one example application, the carrier drone may use a first camera that is mounted upon the carrier drone, to capture a first set of images during the tethered mode of flight. A detachable drone may be launched from the carrier drone in an untethered mode of flight in order to capture a second set of images by using a second camera mounted upon the detachable drone.

An asymmetric aircraft and an aircraft that can operate from small ships and be stored in high density with three aircraft or more in one helicopter hangar without needing a landing gear or wing fold. These aircraft slide into and out of the hangar on dollies like circuit boards in a computer and are launched and recovered using a large towed parafoil.

A vehicle system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions including receiving an alert signal, deploying a drone from a host vehicle in response to receiving the alert signal, and commanding the drone to follow the host vehicle and to present a perceptible alert.

An aircraft platform includes a base, a landing pad, a level sensor, and at least one actuator. The landing pad is supported on the base. The level sensor is configured to detect an inclination angle of at least one of the landing pad and the base with respect to a level ground. The at least one actuator is connected to change an inclination of the landing pad.

A vehicle that may include an upper surface, a housing configured to store a drone, the housing having an opening that is formed outside the upper surface; a base that is configured to provide a landing spot to the drone when the base is positioned at least in part outside the housing, and to support the drone when the drone is positioned within the housing; and a base movement unit for moving the base through the opening and between an inside position and an outside position, wherein when the base is positioned in the inside position an area of the base allocated for supporting the drone is located within the housing, wherein when the base is positioned in the outside position the area of the base allocated for supporting the drone is located outside the housing.

A wired vehicle fleet having a first vehicle connected with a supply unit by a first bendable connection element and a second vehicle connected with the supply unit by a second bendable connection element is controlled by a control unit to avoid a collision between the first and the second bendable connection elements.

An aircraft includes a fuselage extending along a first x-axis and a wing assembly including a first wing an a second wing. A first power assembly of the aircraft includes a first propulsion element and a first electric motor while a second power assembly includes a second propulsion element and a second electric motor. The aircraft further includes a third power assembly positioned aft of the first power assembly and the second power assembly. The third power assembly includes a third propulsion element and an internal combustion engine.

An apparatus for housing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in or on a vehicle includes a landing connection component configured to form a connection between the UAV and the vehicle when the UAV is landed in or on the vehicle, and a cover movable between a plurality of positions to permit the UAV to take off and land in or on the vehicle. The cover includes an antenna or a satellite dish integrated thereto. An orientation of the antenna or the satellite dish is adjustable for tracking a motion of the UAV when the UAV is in flight.

An asymmetric aircraft (1) and an aircraft (1) that can operate from small ships (8) and be stored in high density with three aircraft or more in one helicopter hangar (107) without needing a landing gear or wing fold. These aircraft slide into and out of the hangar on dollies (90) like circuit boards in a computer and are launched and recovered using a large towed parafoil (6).

A mooring system including a plurality of connected floats and weights being positively buoyant on a water surface and being negatively buoyant at a depth below the water surface. The mooring system also includes a trigger mechanism arranged to reduce the buoyancy of a portion of the connected floats and weights from a being positively buoyant to negatively buoyant to cause the portion of the connected floats and weights to sink below the water surface where the trigger mechanism changes the buoyance of the portion of the connected floats and weights by either adding a weight to one end or separating the end from a buoyant element.