Patent ID: 11964783
Assignee: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for delivering a payload, the apparatus comprising:
a first autonomous vehicle and a second autonomous vehicle that are configured to be coupled to an aircraft, the first autonomous vehicle comprising:
a wing;
a first tracking system configured to update a first destination of the first autonomous vehicle in response to a second destination of the second autonomous vehicle changing and thereafter make a determination that the first destination is within a threshold distance of the second destination, the first autonomous vehicle being configured to release the second autonomous vehicle at the first destination in response to making the determination and;
a first propulsion system configured to deliver the second autonomous vehicle to the first destination,

the second autonomous vehicle comprising:
a second tracking system configured to update the second destination in response to the second destination changing;
a payload; and
a second propulsion system configured to deliver the payload to the second destination after the second destination has been updated.