Inventors:
Richard W. Barthelme - Blue Point NY
John B. Leonard - Northport NY
John N. Biercuk - Fair Lawn NJ
Assignee:
Grumman Aerospace Corporation - Bethpage NY
International Classification:
B64F 112
Abstract:
Manned or remotely piloted Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft is launched or retrieved from a capture drogue carried by an articulated boom. The capture drogue is stabilized in space for retrieval and launch and moves the aircraft to a platform while the drogue-aircraft are stabilized with respect to the platform.