Patent ID: 11912435
Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. The method according to claim 14, including one of the following:
wherein prior to step (a) said mission parameters are compared with performance characteristics of said first air vehicle and with performance characteristics of said second air vehicle;
wherein prior to step (a) said mission parameters are compared with performance characteristics of said first air vehicle and with performance characteristics of said second air vehicle, and, wherein if it is determined that said mission parameters can be accomplished using a single one of said first air vehicle and said second air vehicle, then steps (a) and (b) are replaced with the step of preparing and dispatching the respective one of said first air vehicle and said second air vehicle for the mission;
wherein prior to step (a) said mission parameters are compared with performance characteristics of said first air vehicle and with performance characteristics of said second air vehicle, and, wherein if it is determined that said mission parameters cannot be accomplished using a single one of said first air vehicle and said second air vehicle, then said mission parameters are compared with performance characteristics of a composite air vehicle assembled from said first air vehicle and said second air vehicle; or
wherein prior to step (a) said mission parameters are compared with performance characteristics of said first air vehicle and with performance characteristics of said second air vehicle, and, wherein if it is determined that said mission parameters cannot be accomplished using a single one of said first air vehicle and said second air vehicle, then said mission parameters are compared with performance characteristics of a composite air vehicle assembled from said first air vehicle and said second air vehicle, and, wherein if it is determined that said mission parameters can be accomplished using said composite air vehicle, then the method proceeds with steps (a) and (b).