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5737962 Steam delivery system for static testing of gas driven torpedoes  
A torpedo is provided in a static test fixture where the engine, normally iven by the combustion of otto fuel is driven from a land based source of superheated steam. The torpedo's otto fuel engine...
5713239 Projectile testing system and method  
A projectile testing system and method is used to assess the projectile fht and test the accuracy of a projectile launcher and projectile in both controlled and uncontrolled underwater...
5703317 Portable equipment for immobilizing personal firearms  
Portable equipment for immobilizing personal firearms characterized by an articulation connecting the baseplate to the rail, and comprising an intermediate part rotatingly connected to the...
5700088 Ammunition propellant temperature measuring assembly  
An ammunition propellant temperature measuring assembly comprising a first emperature measuring device for determining at least two surface temperatures of a round of ammunition and for...
5686688 Noise abatement system for large caliber gun  
A noise abatement system for a large caliber gun includes a gun muffler and a projectile stop, both of which are mounted on a concrete slab. The gun muffler can be coupled at an end to a gun tube...
5638298 Shot-tracking device and method  
A source of a high speed missile is determined by detecting the shock wave generated by the passage of the missile using a plurality of blast gauges and using the amplitude and direction...
5624189 Temperature emulating system for determining the temperature of gun ammunition propellant  
An ammunition temperature emulating system is provided for use in a tank ch carries ammunition. The temperature of the ammunition (which comprises liquid propellant) is needed to be known for...
5614896 Method and system for aircraft weapon station testing  
A weapon station testing system for testing the mission readiness of an aircraft (10) having a plurality of weapon stations including a first weapon station (12a) and a second weapon station (12b)...
5592850 Missile guidance seeker and seeker missile countermeasures system testing appartatus with co-location and independent motion of target sources  
A test system for evaluating the performance of a seeking missile's guidance system under realistic but laboratory-controlled conditions wherein the guidance system is segregated from an actual...
5531113 Ballistics measuring system  
A plurality of pressure transducers are spaced apart longitudinally along a mass of fluid so that they can sense disturbances in the fluid. A projectile launcher, which is typically a gun, is...
5487298 Inertial Hopkinson bar shock sensor  
A device and method for measuring the intensity of high amplitude strain waves caused by the impact of a projectile or the detonation of an explosive on armor plate are disclosed. The sensor may be...
5477733 Projectile recovery device  
The device includes a rigid vessel that supports a frustoconical membrane the projectile entry end and at a downstream end. The volume defined between the vessel side walls and the membrane is...
5454265 Installation for the measurement of the altitude of a surface wind, particularly for improving the hitting accuracy of unguided projectiles  
An installation for the measurement of the wind direction and the wind velocity of a ground wind dependent upon the altitude above the ground. More particularly, the installation is employed for...
5419233 Portable shooter's bench rest  
A portable shooters bench rest includes an elongated flat table panel of rectangular contour having a pivoted support leg at each corner. A forward support member is elevationally positionable...
5402678 Device and process for monitoring the number of movements of at least one movable part of a firearm  
The invention relates to a device as well as a method of monitoring the movements of a breech-block of a firearm, in which the time duration of a sequence of cyclical movements of the breech-block...
5388520 Individual mine launcher  
An individual mine launcher is designed to pneumatically launch high explve VOLCANO and MOPMS mines to simulate flight and impact typically encountered in field use. Electronic components and...
5381445 Munitions cartridge transmitter  
A munitions cartridge transmitter capable of emitting an electromagnetic signal after discharge from a cartridge propelling device comprises a signal generator, an electromagnetic signal...
5375804 Portable device for immobilizing individual firearms during adjustment firing  
a) Portable device for immobilizing individual firearms during adjustment firing b) Device characterized in that it comprises a seating intended to be attached to an existing support (100) by...
5349853 Apparatus and method for measuring and calculating exterior and interior ballistics  
An apparatus and method for measuring ballistics in a firearm is disclosed. The apparatus comprises (a) a device for measuring pressure in a firearm-firing-chamber disposed at least in part at the...
5336894 Universal infrared heat source controller  
The controller for a single infrared source is capable of being programmed to act as a target for an AIM-9 target seeker. Data are read by the controller comprises (a) temperature data, (b)...
5317914 Hardened data acquisition system  
The hardened data acquisition system (HDAS) of the present invention is a mpact system built to fit within a canister container, which may be inserted in a moving projectile, such as an artillery...
5247843 Apparatus and methods for simulating electromagnetic environments  
Systems and methods for simulating electromagnetic environments to be encountered by a moving object such as a missile are disclosed. The systems include compact ranges in "hardware in the loop"...
5233901 Roll angle determination  
An apparatus for determining the roll angle of a rotating projectile, shell, missile or the like as it leaves the barrel or launch tube includes a magnetized part with a known polarization...
5205168 Device for carrying out quality test firings as well as the use thereof  
In a device for carrying out quality test firings with a gun barrel (1), a mount (2) and an automatic adjusting arrangement (4, 5, 6) for resetting the barrel (1), a given directional setpoint...
5164998 Apparatus and method for image pattern analysis  
Apparatus systems and methods for image analysis, including identification, location and analysis of both patterns of distribution of target images and tracking of a high speed target image. An...
5158362 Method for measuring the mass of liquid in a storage tank  
The unknown amount or mass of liquid contained in a storage tank is measured by calibrating the tank in an empty and partially full condition. The calibration includes measuring the mass of the...
5140329 Trajectory analysis radar system for artillery piece  
A low cost easily deployed, yet highly accurate weapon mounted trajectory analysis radar system uses optimized Doppler radar signals to detect the actual trajectory of a projectile fired from an...
5134661 Method of capture and analysis of digitized image data  
Computer programs for capture and analysis of digitized image data signals comprising frame, scan line and digitizer stripe numbers, and edge-detection or bright-spot data relating to images in a...
5125343 Fluid decelerator for high energy projectiles  
A decelerator device for stopping a high energy projectile, including an elongated tube of a predetermined length and having an inlet and a terminal end to define an axial path for the projectile....
5123274 Hand-held sample gun for vapor collection  
A highly selective, sensitive, fast detection system and method are disclosed for detecting vapors of specific compounds in air. Vapors emanating from compounds such as explosives, or stripped from...
5111689 Background illumination simulator  
Testing apparatus for testing and evaluating the performance of laser seeking warheads for missiles under simulated weather conditions. The testing apparatus includes a support for supporting the...
5092220 Nitric oxide detection with hydrogen and ozone  
A highly selective, sensitive, fast detection system and method are disclosed for detecting vapors of specific compounds in air. Vapors emanating from compounds such as explosives, or stripped from...
5092155 High speed detection of vapors of specific compounds  
A highly selective, sensitive, fast detection system and method are disclosed for detecting vapors of specific compounds in air. Vapors emanating from compounds such as explosives, or stripped from...
5092219 Selective decomposition of nitrite esters and nitramines  
A highly selective, sensitive, fast detection system and method are disclosed for detecting vapors of specific compounds in air. Vapors emanating from compounds such as explosives, or stripped from...
5085511 Loaded shotgun shell testing apparatus used to visually inspect, via transmitted light images, the internal arrangement of the powder, wad, and shot  
Shotgun shell testing apparatus positions a loaded shotgun shell in the path of a light source. An observer, generally a shooter, places his or her supposedly properly loaded shotgun shell in a...
5079960 Test support  
A test support including an undercarriage and an opening formed therein which is dimensioned for a turret or the like comprises a combat space container interchangeably accommodated in said...
5078045 Gun mount exerciser (GME)  
The invention is a gun mount exerciser to force a cannon through its recoil otion which otherwise occurs only when the cannon is fired. The exerciser includes a frame that rests on the outer casing...
5070636 Gun sighting device  
A weapon sighting assembly including a longitudinally extending frame which is rotatively secured under tension about a shock plate means which couples the assembly to a grounded support. A...
5052817 Ignitability test method and apparatus  
An apparatus for testing ignitability of an initiator includes a body having a central cavity, initiator holder for holding the initiator over the central cavity of the body, an ignition material...
5035622 Machine gun and minor caliber weapons trainer  
A trainer for manually aimed weapons, having a projection screen video sym, a video disk player for providing pre-recorded scenes of a target image, a simulated weapon having actuable trigger, and...
5031349 Method for aligning firearm sights using laser light  
A method for aligning adjustable sights on a firearm with the point of bullet impact at a given range in which the sights are aligned during firing range testing including the use of a laser beam...
H000911 Fiber optic link for detecting mechanical vibration in the presence of an electromagnetic field  
An apparatus for detecting mechanical vibration in the presence of an electromagnetic pulse, which is of particular use in the testing of land mines. An optical fiber link is provided between the...
4984381 Firearm wear analysis  
A technique for evaluation of various firearm and projectile wear parameters. A debris collector constructed in accordance with the invention includes a receptacle coated with a collecting medium...
4935697 Method and apparatus for detecting a projectiles flight path by sending a magnetic field produced by movement of frictionally imparted electrical change on the projectile  
A method and an apparatus for measuring a flight path parameter of a projectile (7) or parts thereof during flight possibly into the region of the target, with the electrical charge imparted to the...
4930391 Method and apparatus for fatigue and fracture testing of large caliber cannons  
Fatigue and fracture testing of a larger caliber cannon is accomplished by explosively thermally decomposing within the cannon bore acetylene of 0.27 grams per cc density and repeating this...
4928523 Method and apparatus for identifying ballistic characteristics within a weapon barrel  
An apparatus and method for identifying the path/time relationships of a projectile within a weapon barrel, even upon live firing, includes a coupling element having at least two openings in a...
4919437 Self-regeneration ballistic projectile-arrester  
A self-regeneration ballistic projectile-arrester, suitable for small arms indoor firing ranges comprises granulated material in form of a heap, to absorb the kinetic energy of the fired...
4905502 Pressure vessel fatigue test system  
A pressure vessel fatigue test system has an adjustable mounting arrangement for a pressure vessel that can have open ends or closed ends, and which is to be subjected to a very high value, short...
4901361 Automated spall panel analyzer  
Method of producing spall analysis data indicative of the number, size and locations of a substantial number of highly irregularly shaped spall holes, having widely varying sizes, formed within a...
4894938 Firing pin force transducer  
A firing pin force transducer for use with firearms is disclosed. Impact of he firing pin on a simulated primer housed in a cartridge facsimile is transduced into an electrical signal by a foil...
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