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7178442 Detachable hanger  
The invention is a detachable hanger assembly for attaching a flying object to a launch rail on a launch platform. The detachable hanger assembly is attached to the flying object by one or more...
7156347 Pivotable pylon for external carriage of aircraft stores  
A pivotable pylon for carrying stores, such as ordinance, sensors and pods external to an aircraft includes an elongated strongback coupled against an external surface of the aircraft and generally...
7147188 Aircraft store ejector rack systems and methods  
Store ejector rack systems and methods having an improved fluid actuator assembly for sequencing the opening of the hooks from which the store is suspended and the pressurization of thrusters which...
7137599 Launcher with dual mode electronics  
A system and method for interconnecting analog legacy stores to both legacy and modern aircraft. One aspect of the invention provides for a dual mode launcher having a first interface for...
7100873 Hanger assembly for aircraft  
A hanger assembly for suspending an external store from an aircraft includes left and right side panels in hinged connection to a center panel, where the panels, in combination, form a band for...
7093802 Pressurized sonobuoy deployment system  
A jet aircraft with integrated, rotary sonobuoy launch system has storage racks for a number of sonobuoys in sonobuoy launch containers; and one or more launcher units in its cabin. Each launcher...
7083148 Assembly for carrying and ejecting stores  
A carriage and ejection assembly for retaining different types of stores to an aircraft and selectively ejecting a carried one of the stores away from the aircraft is disclosed. The assembly can...
7036773 Compact external launcher for small space payloads  
The present invention allows a payload to be launched from the exterior of a conventional launch vehicle with little integration expense. In one example, the invention includes an aerodynamic...
7036423 Released control release mechanism in particular for use in the space industry  
The invention concerns a device forming a mechanism, in particular for use in the space industry, characterised in that it comprises in combination: two structural elements ( 100, 200 ) capable of...
7007895 Variable flow restricting devices  
A pneumatically operated stores ejector rack for an aircraft having an adjustable flow restricting device for variably apportioning the flow of pressurized gas from a manifold to the store ejection...
6986484 VTOL aircraft external load drag reduction system  
A drag reduction system extends from an underside of a VTOL aircraft forward of a four-point sling system. The four-point sling system carries an external load close to an underside of the airframe...
6948685 Locking device with solenoid release pin  
A locking device with a solenoid release actuator includes a housing, a plunger axially slidable within the housing, a biasing member for biasing the plunger in a first direction, one or more...
6932299 Apparatus for aerial rearmament of aircraft  
The invention provides an apparatus for the aerial transfer of munitions from a rearming aircraft to the weapons pylon of the recipient combat aircraft. The invention also provides for the...
6892985 Store ejection system with disposable pressure vessel and associated method of operation  
There is provided a store ejection system and method that use a pressurized non-pyrotechnic gas as the source of energy and transfer mechanism for jettisoning a store, such as from an aircraft. The...
6869042 System for airborne launch of an aircraft from a larger carrier aircraft  
A system for launching, refuelling and recovering in flight an aircraft ( 10 ) such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from a larger carrier aircraft ( 16 ) comprising a holder ( 22 ) on the...
6857371 Two-payload decoy device  
The two-payload decoy device has a square outer case, containing a manifold/delay body assembly, a round payload assembly, and a square payload assembly. The square outer case is closed with an end...
6811123 Store ejection system with integral isolation valve and associated ejection method  
There is provided a store ejection system and method for mounting and ejecting a jettisonable store. The system uses a pressurized non-pyrotechnic fluid from a fluid source as the source of energy...
6796530 Method and apparatus for providing pneumatic energy to an ejector  
A stores ejection system for retaining stores on the underside of an aircraft and forcibly jettisoning the stores away from the aircraft is disclosed. The ejection system includes a plurality of...
6764048 Store ejection system with replaceable pressure vessel  
There is provided a store ejection system and method that use a pressurized non-pyrotechnic gas as the source of energy and transfer mechanism for jettisoning a store from an aircraft. The ejection...
6761333 Method of and apparatus for releasing stores from an ejection rack  
A method of ejecting or jettisoning stores from an aircraft is disclosed that pertains essentially to the over-pressurizing of an on-board gas storage system such that the pressure of the gas...
6745981 Aircraft sensor pod assembly  
The invention is a sensor pod for mounting on the top surface of the fuselage of an aircraft. The pod it supported by right and left front supports and right and left rear supports that attach to...
6705571 System and method for loading stores on an aircraft  
An embodiment of the present invention provides a loading system for loading a stores item onto a release unit attachable to an aircraft structure, the release unit having a release actuation...
6698544 Fall protection lanyard apparatus  
A fall protection lanyard apparatus incorporating an automatic emergency release is disclosed. Competing concerns of fall protection (for the load) and on-demand emergency release (for the aerial...
6688209 Multi-configuration munition rack  
A munition rack comprises a center strongback with an aircraft attachment hookup structure thereon, a first munition deployment structure, including a first munition deployer, affixed to a first...
6679154 Passive dynamically disconnecting arm  
The passive dynamically disconnecting arm features an arm having two ends wherein attached to the first end is a housing having both a plunger and an electrical connector providing positive...
6676083 Method of releasing stores from an ejection rack  
A method of ejecting or jettisoning stores from an aircraft is disclosed that pertains essentially a method of supplying the gas storage system with compressed gas that has a...
6663049 Integral energy source for store ejection  
There is provided a store ejection system, store, and method for mounting a jettisonable store on an aircraft. The system uses a pressurized non-pyrotechnic fluid from a pressure vessel integral to...
6663048 Mounting structure for attaching a payload, such as a warhead, to munitions  
The invention entails apparatus for mounting a payload, such as a warhead, to bulkheads carried by munitions. The apparatus comprises fore and aft bulkheads depending from the munitions, each of...
6663047 Multi-purpose aircraft cavity  
There is provided an aircraft which can minimize its radar signature emission. Such aircraft comprises a fuselage having a lower fuselage portion. An internal fuselage cavity is defined within the...
6634599 Releasable suspension for an airborne store  
An airborne store suspension and release arrangement includes two slender “Tee” hangers located one on either side of a vertical plane through the center of the store. Each hanger has a narrow...
6622967 Aerodynamic control for separation of unstable bodies  
Apparatus for separating aerodynamic objects from an aerodynamic vehicle includes a first element, aerodynamically configured to create nose-down pitching moment, mounted to the object surface, a...
6604712 Method for transferring a load from an airborne rotorcraft to an elevated structure  
Improvements in rotorcraft external load operations are disclosed, including a method for transferring a load from an airborne rotorcraft to a structure while providing fall protection for the load...
6533220 Device for attaching a load to a helicopter  
A device for hanging a load on a helicopter has at least one load-bearing cable which has a first cable section, which is off-center in relation to a longitudinal axis of the helicopter, and a...
6533218 Reconnaissance pod with movable sensor-bay window  
A reconnaissance pod for viewing a scene has a structural backbone extending generally parallel to a pod axis, a forward housing affixed to the backbone, and an aft housing affixed to the backbone....
6498767 Cruise missile deployed sonar buoy  
A sonar buoy adapted to be deployed by a cruise missile. This sonar buoy includes a flotation device for keeping a portion of the buoy afloat, a hydrophone, a transmitter for communicating contact...
6481669 Pneumatic actuator for a stores carriage and ejection system  
A pneumatic actuator operable to carry a missile on an aircraft and to eject the missile from the aircraft in flight on demand, includes a differential area piston which is slidable in a closed...
6479800 Remote activation mechanism for equipment regulated deployment or release  
Remote activation mechanism for equipment regulated deployment or release, that includes a cylindrical housing ( 1 ), connected by means of a rod ( 10 ) with the external equipment to be deployed...
6474601 Warren portal identification and tunnel resident disgorger system  
The present invention provides a WARren Portal IDentification and tunnel resident disgorger System (WARPIDS) comprising a jet engine, a marker medium and a base. In a preferred embodiment, the jet...
6460445 Playload dispensing system  
A payload dispensing system for an aircraft is disclosed that includes a housing mounted to the aircraft. A hollow shaft is mounted to the housing having an open first end and a closed off second...
6437708 System and method of land marking  
A system for an aerial land marking and surveying is disclosed. The system comprises an aircraft carrying a GPS receiver and a land marking device capable of physically marking a point on the...
6422515 Device for picking up and dropping loads by helicopters without help of ground personnel  
A device for picking up and dropping loads by helicopter without help of ground personnel has a member connected to a load; a magnetic member adapted to attract the member connected to the load; a...
6375124 Automatically-actuated cargo and personnel scooping apparatus with techniques for alleviating the effects of wind gusts  
This is a relatively simple load-lifting apparatus, tongs-like in appearance with a larger lower portion for grabbing loads of various sizes. It has two embracing halves, pivoted at a selected...
6347768 Automatic and sequencing actuation assembly for a weapon ejection system and associated method  
An automatic and sequencing pneumatic actuation assembly is provided for use in an ejection system capable of unlocking and forcibly ejecting stores from racks mounted on an aircraft or similar...
6338457 Precision parachute recovery system  
A parachute recovery system which provides for the recovery of a payload such as a target drone without damage by allowing for a safe, non-destructive landing of the payload at a desired landing...
6289817 Remote controlled payload delivery  
A radio frequency receiver, in response to input command signals from some remote source, initiates electrical powering of an electronic firing circuit through which electric pulses are generated...
6278904 Floating robot  
A floating device is provided, which allows an entire robot main body to float at a site. Mounted on the floating device are an image sensor which captures image data of persons around the robot...
6257525 Remotely controlled aircraft  
A remotely controlled aircraft has a center member and a steering assembly. The steering assembly comprises a carriage, a remote control motor, a center member and a connecting arm. The carriage...
6250195 Compact universal ejection/rail launching system  
A compact universal apparatus which is mountable within an optimally sized weapons bay of a conventional fighter aircraft, which includes an automatic scissors or trapeze type lowering linkage...
6234425 Release fitting for balloons  
A release fitting for releasably holding at least one line to at least one item, the release fitting having a first body part, a second body part, and a third body part, the first and second body...
6227096 Universal warhead adapter, and missile and method incorporating same  
A universal warhead adapter comprises a tubular sleeve configured to contain any of various warheads of different configurations, and an aft bulkhead designed to replicate the aft end of a standard...
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