MUMBAI, India, Jan. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541124644 A) filed by Nitte, Mangaluru, Karnataka, on Dec. 10, 2025, for 'a dual-mode sail-assisted unmanned aerial-aquatic vehicle system and method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Vijeesh V; Gagandeep Kayara Gangadhara; Chinmay Kulkarni; Samruddha S Aithal; Shainil S Shetty; and Shreyas.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 2, under issue no. 01/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Disclosed herein is a dual-mode sail-assisted unmanned aerial-aquatic vehicle system and method thereof (100) that comprises a structural body (102) configured for aerial flight and aquatic buoyancy, including an upper fuselage (104) providing aerodynamic lift and housing control, power, and communication components, and a lower hull (106) ensuring hydrodynamic buoyancy and stability. The system (100) includes a first propulsion unit (108) with a brushless direct current motor (110), propeller (112), and first electronic speed controller (114) for aerial thrust, and a second propulsion unit (116) with a waterproof electric thruster (118) and second electronic speed controller (120) for aquatic propulsion. A deployable sail mechanism (122) comprising lightweight flexible fabric (124), mast (126), boom (128), rigging assembly (130), and sail deployment motor (132) harnesses wind energy."
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