Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for disabling a battery in an un-manned aerial vehicle. The system includes a battery containing lithium; a battery disable unit; and a processor configured to: receive a disable command; and transmit the disable command to the battery disable unit to activate the battery disable unit to cause the battery to malfunction.

Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing system is disclosed. The UAV landing system includes a memory; an imaging device; and a processor in communication with the memory and imaging device, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire, via the imaging device, a landing target; descend the UAV into a first zone associated with the landing target; determine if the landing target is within a field of view; and descend the UAV toward the landing target if the landing target is determined to be within the field of view.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system (100) for a multi-craft unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) carrier system, including a carrier UAV (101), including an upper surface (105), a control system (201), and a transceiver for conducting communications with a remote location, and a plurality of drone UAVs (102) attachable to and launchable from the upper surface (105) of the carrier UAV (101), each of the plurality of drone UAVs (102) including a drone control system (107) and a transceiver for conducting communications with a remote location.