Multiple environment unmanned vehicle

Title: Multiple environment unmanned vehicle

A MEUV that is able to navigate aerial, aquatic, and terrestrial environments through the use of different mission mobility attachments is disclosed. The attachments allow the MEUV to be deployed from the air or through the water prior to any terrestrial navigation. The mobility attachments can be removed or detached by and from the vehicle during a mission.

Inventors:: Hobart, Clinton G.; Morse, William D.; Bickerstaff, Robert James

Issue Date:: 2017-02-28

OSTI Identifier:: 1345390

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation SNL-A

Patent Number(s):: 9,580,172

Application Number:: 14/484,138

Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2014 Sep 11

Research Org:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org:: USDOE

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS

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