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A transformable gun launched aero vehicle having a ballistic projectile configuration and an aeroplane configuration includes a cylinder forming a shell of the vehicle in the ballistic projectile configuration and wings deployable from the cylinder. The wings are capable of achieving sufficient lift

A transformable gun launched aero vehicle having a ballistic projectile configuration and an aeroplane configuration includes a cylinder forming a shell of the vehicle in the ballistic projectile configuration and wings deployable from the cylinder. The wings are capable of achieving sufficient lift for sustained flight in the aeroplane configuration. The cylinder forms a fuselage of the vehicle in the aeroplane configuration. A wing includes plural rib elements, plural inflatable tubes where each tube is braced by the plural rib elements, and a wind shell disposed around the plural inflatable tubes and the plural rib elements. The vehicle includes an inflatable tail section that is inflated while the vehicle is in the aeroplane configuration. The vehicle includes a parachute that is reversibly deployable from a nose portion of the vehicle. The vehicle includes at least one landing rod. Each landing rod is reversibly extendable from the vehicle. A landing controller controls a first landing rod to extend after the vehicle has begun to vertically descend. The vehicle includes a folding propeller deployable from the fuselage in the aeroplane configuration. The vehicle includes a control system, and the control system includes a module to determine when the vehicle has reached a first predetermined state that defines an initiation of a transition from the ballistic projectile configuration to the aeroplane configuration.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A transformable gun launched aero vehicle having a ballistic projectile configuration and an aeroplane configuration, the vehicle comprising:a cylinder forming a shell of the vehicle in the ballistic projectile configuration; andwings deployable from the cylinder, the w

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A transformable gun launched aero vehicle having a ballistic projectile configuration and an aeroplane configuration, the vehicle comprising:a cylinder forming a shell of the vehicle in the ballistic projectile configuration; andwings deployable from the cylinder, the wings being capable of achieving sufficient lift for sustained flight in the aeroplane configuration, the cylinder forming a fuselage of the vehicle in the aeroplane configuration.