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8172172 |
Wing tip docking system for aircraft
A system and method for docking various types of aircraft is disclosed. An aerodynamic lifting structure docking mechanism for docking two or more aircraft is provided comprising an aerodynamic...
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8122810 |
Rocket propelled barrier defense system
A system providing a physical-barrier defense against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). The system is suitable for use on aircraft, ground vehicles, and ships.
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8118261 |
Drogue deploying/retrieval method
An in-flight refueling method may include deploying a fueling hose from a refueling aircraft. The fueling hose may have a drogue. The deployment of the fueling hose may include extending the drogue...
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8100359 |
Intercept system for falling bombs
An intercept system for destroying a falling bomb includes a packable structure including a compressed expandable net of break resistant cords, a radio altimeter and a deployment mechanism for...
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8074931 |
Drogue deploying/retrieval device, system, and method
An in-flight refueling device includes an arm, ring and actuator. The arm has a proximate end and a distal end. The ring is secured to the distal end and is configured to releasably secure a drogue...
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8066218 |
Anti-missile defense suite
A system and method for an aircraft (10) that provides an IR decoy (12) for an incoming missile (18) to track instead of an engine (14) of the aircraft (10) is disclosed. The IR decoy (12) is...
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8061646 |
Wing tip docking system for aircraft
A system and method for docking various types of aircraft is disclosed. An aerodynamic lifting structure docking mechanism for docking two or more aircraft is provided comprising an aerodynamic...
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8056860 |
Method and system for inflight refueling of unmanned aerial vehicles
A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for...
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8047464 |
Method and apparatus for fast deploying and retrieving of towed bodies
In a method and apparatus for controlling the deployment of a towline connecting a mooring craft to an ejected object comprising the steps of monitoring velocity to determine when a point for...
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8038090 |
System and method for the retrieval of a smaller unmanned aerial vehicle by a larger unmanned aerial vehicle
A system and method are provided for using a first aircraft to retrieve a second aircraft. The first aircraft is typically larger than the second aircraft. A minimum airspeed of the first aircraft...
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7982655 |
Aircraft decoy arrangement
Aircraft decoy arrangement and method for generating a decoy signal from an aircraft having an isolated decoy. An aircraft receiver detects a threat signal from a threat source targeting the...
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7967237 |
Method and apparatus for fast deploying and retrieving of towed bodies
In a method and apparatus for controlling the deployment of a towline connecting a mooring craft to an ejected object comprising the steps of monitoring velocity to determine when a point for...
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7931236 |
Deflection device for a stream body
The present application describes to a deflection device, for example, for a blunt stream body. The deflection device has an edge, which, for example, can be mounted to the stream body. In an...
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7900866 |
System and methods for airborne launch and recovery of aircraft
A system and methods for airborne launch and recovery of aircraft. In one embodiment the system comprises a flexible tether configured to be towed behind an airborne mother ship. A drag device is...
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7819361 |
Active stabilization of a refueling drogue
A refueling drogue adapted to connect to a refueling hose extending from a refueling aircraft. The drogue may include an active stabilization system adapted to effectively stabilize the refueling...
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7798449 |
Method and system for inflight refueling of unmanned aerial vehicles
A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for...
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7726601 |
Device and method for affecting local climatic parameters
A system for affecting a local parameter, the system comprising a sunlight radiation reflecting surface, and a propulsion mechanism, the propulsion mechanism being adapted to move the reflecting...
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7681831 |
Suspension net for airborne surveying
A suspension net is provided for distributing tension forces from a tow rope to an electromagnetic bird used for geophysical surveying. The suspension net allows large transmitter loop sizes, and...
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7673831 |
Small unmanned air vehicle system for deploying and towing a sensor in a tow medium and methods related thereto
Embodiments of the invention are directed to an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) system and a small unmanned air vehicle (SUAV) system for deploying and towing a sensor in a tow medium, and to methods...
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7648101 |
Method and apparatus for fast deploying and retrieving of towed bodies
In a method and apparatus for controlling the deployment of a towline connecting a mooring craft to an ejected object comprising the steps of monitoring velocity to determine when a point for...
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7604197 |
Tow cable termination
A specialist tow cable termination for sustaining the tensile load when an object is towed at high speeds at the end of an cable behind an aircraft, the termination comprises a closed eye bolt...
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7520463 |
Method and apparatus for fast deploying and retrieving of towed bodies
In a method and apparatus for controlling the deployment of a towline connecting a mooring craft to an ejected object comprising the steps of monitoring velocity to determine when a point for...
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7513454 |
Drag-producing devices
Described herein is a towed body (10) having a deployment mechanism (18, 20, 22, 28) for deploying a drag cone carried thereby. The towed body (10) comprises a body portion (12), a nose portion...
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7404530 |
Control of a drogue body
A refueling drogue adapted to connect to a refueling hose extending from a refueling aircraft. The refueling drogue may include an active control system, wherein, in an exemplary embodiment, the...
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7377468 |
Active stabilization of a refueling drogue
A refueling drogue adapted to connect to a refueling hose extending from a refueling aircraft. The drogue may include an active stabilization system adapted to effectively stabilize the refueling...
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7343861 |
Device and method for producing an infrared emission at a given wavelength
An infrared emitting device produces a certain heat emission. The device has a heat source for generating a specific amount of heat for heating inert material to a given temperature and expelling...
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7154429 |
Device for protecting military vehicles from infrared guided munitions
A heat seeking missile decoy device mounted on a military vehicle to change the infrared signature of the military vehicle. The device is at ambient temperature when stored on the military vehicle....
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7137597 |
In-flight refueling system, bladder device and method for preventing oscillations in in-flight refueling system components
An in-flight refueling system, bladder device and method are provided for enhancing the stability of an elongate hose extending from a tanker aircraft during an in-flight refueling operation. The...
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7028947 |
Self-powered tethered decoy for heat-seeking transport aircraft missile defense
A low-cost airliner defense system utilizing self powered, retrievable, towed decoys against man portable heat-seeking missile (MANPAD) systems provides both high power and a large IR radiating...
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6913224 |
Method and system for accelerating an object
A system for accelerating an object that includes a towing vehicle, a tether connected to the towing vehicle, an object having at least one airfoil connected to the tether and a controller for...
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6857596 |
High speed electro-optic payout system incorporating a stationary optical terminus
A system and apparatus for deployment of a decoy from a moving object, such as an aircraft, to protect the aircraft from an enemy missile. The decoy is stored in a housing mounted on the aircraft...
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6845936 |
Stable heli-borne vector platform for performing geophysical measurements
A stable heli-borne vector platform capable of accepting a range of different sensors or instruments, particularly, but not exclusively, for the mapping and exploration of mountainous regions is...
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6739232 |
Towed airborne vehicle control and explosion damage assessment
Device and method for controlling a towed vehicle such as a bomb damage detector towed on a tether cord behind the bomb. The towed vehicle is ejected from the bomb at a selected release point in...
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6708926 |
Modular integrated self-contained cargo deployment/retrieval system
The present invention relates to self contained, modular integrated deployment and retrieval system for use with an aircraft such as a helicopter. The deployment and retrieval system comprises a...
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6662700 |
Method for protecting an aircraft against a threat that utilizes an infrared sensor
A method for protecting an aircraft against a threat that utilizes an infrared sensor includes providing a plurality of dispensable infrared sources transported in an infrared-source dispenser with...
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6422506 |
Towed airborne array system
A towed airborne array system has a balloon that supports appropriate instrumentation packages overhead and is tethered to a towing ship to improve line-of-sight sensing and communication...
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6244534 |
Airborne electromagnetic system
A towed aircraft for use in an airborne electromagnetic geophysical prospecting system which includes a transmitting antenna and power generating means for powering the antenna. A bird to which is...
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6199793 |
System for deployment and retrieval of airborne towed vehicles
A towed vehicle deployment and retrieval system for attachment to an aircraft. The system includes a pylon support that is designed to mount to an aircraft and project outward therefrom. A stores...
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6116606 |
High speed glide target
A glide target comprising a fuselage having forward and aft ends. Movably attached to the fuselage is at least one control surface, while releasably attached to the fuselage is a tow line adaptor....
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6085682 |
Strap assembly for parasailing
A parasailing assembly to suspend a rider from a parachute which is being towed by a boat, with the rider supported by one of various rider support structures, such as a body harness or a seat...
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6079664 |
Mid-air cargo relay system
A mid-air transshipment system wherein a cargo carrying, pallet/airfoil is towed by a supply plane. The pallet is roofed by a bi-wing mounted on shock absorbers within its cavity. It trails a cable...
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6056236 |
Starting device for a towed flying body
A starting device for a flying body on an aircraft includes a structural frame fixed to the aircraft, a towed-body holding saddle on which the towed flying body can be held by the effect of the...
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6055909 |
Electronically configurable towed decoy for dispensing infrared emitting flares
This invention proposes to make use of an already developed set of hardware which dispenses and controls the performance of towed decoys capable of defeating radar guided weapons. Using this same...
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5947419 |
Aerial cargo container
An aerial cargo container system for transporting cargo from an aircraft to the ground having a cargo box with a continuous side wall with six rectangular side panels, and rotor blades having...
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5901922 |
Radiosconde balloon launching system
A radiosonde balloon launching system including a silo for housing an array of radiosonde balloon modules and for sheltering radiosonde balloons during inflation, a base for containing radiosonde...
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5895010 |
Radiosonde Balloon Launching System
A radiosonde balloon launching system including a silo for housing an array of radiosonde balloon modules and for sheltering radiosonde balloons during inflation, a base for containing radiosonde...
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5884862 |
Automatic radiosonde balloon launching module
A module for automatically launching a radiosonde balloon having a battery powered radiosonde tethered thereto, the module including a housing for the radiosonde balloon and radiosonde; and an...
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5871173 |
Drag-producing aerodynamic device
It is known to use a rigid cone to provide stability to a body being towed by an aircraft. However, such cones are useful over a limited range of speeds. The invention provides a drag-producing...
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5850987 |
Radiosonde ballon launching system
A radiosonde balloon launching system including a silo for housing an array of radiosonde balloon modules and for sheltering radiosonde balloons during inflation, a base for containing radiosonde...
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5816184 |
Rider support assembly for parasailing
A parasailing assembly designed to suspend a rider from a parachute being towed by a boat, the assembly including a rider support structure formed of a rigid yet lightweight and buoyant material...
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