Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a frame portion made of metal and having a substantially elongated shape. The frame portion comprises one or more cavities situated in a longitudinal direction, and a composite material is disposed within the cavities to structurally reinforce the frame portion. The frame portion includes one or more missile guides situated in the longitudinal direction and configured to slidingly engage a weapon.
Abstract:
A munitions control unit (30) for integrating existing electronics of a vehicle (10) with at least one weapon (22), wherein said existing vehicle electronics are not equipped to interface with the at least one weapon includes a first I/O interface (32) for communicating control signals with said vehicle (10), at least one second I/O interface (34a-34d, 35a-35b, 37) different from the first I/O interface (32), said at least one second I/O interface communicating control signals with said weapon (22), a processor (57) and memory (58) operatively coupled to said first and at least one second I/O interface, and reconfigurable logic stored in memory and executable by the processor. The reconfigurable logic is operative to enable the munitions control unit to interface with a plurality of vehicles having different interfaces.
Abstract:
In a method of carrying a munition (100) on a munition launcher platform (200), the munition launcher platform (200) is provided with a data tag activator and a data tag reader (210). A munition (100) is attached to the munition launcher platform (200), the munition (100) being provided with a data tag (120). An activation signal is transmitted from the data tag activator (210) to the data tag (120). As a result of receiving the activation signal, the data tag (120) returns a data response to the data tag reader (210). The receiving of the data response provides the munition launcher platform (200) with an indication that the munition (100) is still attached to the munition launcher platform (200).
Abstract:
A rocket launch system having components held at high altitudes above the earth by lighter-than-air balloons attached to cables. The system includes a tubular rocket launcher carriage with electromotive cableway traction drives conveyed beneath a two axis pivot anchored to the earth, elevated into a co-axial transfer tube leading to three primary tether cables whose weight is offset by lighter-than-air balloons. The carriage is thereafter conveyed to a docking station supported above the earth into the stratosphere by a pair of secondary cables suspended under an attachment frame for tensioning balloons. The carriage is engaged by a carriage end gripper guided by two secondary and two tertiary cables and lifted by a lower hoist guided by the secondary cables. This lower hoist is supported by an upper hoist suspended from the tensioning balloons attachment frame. The carriage, which engages a lift ring guided by two secondary cables, is elevated further, rotated in azimuth and elevation, and rocket ejection occurs from a launch tube during freefall of the carriage down the set of cables, with engine ignition occurring at a safe distance.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a structural body, one or more attachment couplers, and an adjustable store coupler. The structural body comprises a cylindrical portion and one or more end portions (32a, 32b) coupled to the cylindrical portion. The attachment couplers are configured to be coupled to a bomb rack of an aircraft. The adjustable store coupler has attachment points (70) arranged in a substantially linear manner. The attachment points are configured to couple one or more store systems to the adjustable store coupler.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a structural body, one or more attachment couplers, and an adjustable store coupler. The structural body comprises a cylindrical portion and one or more end portions coupled to the cylindrical portion. The attachment couplers are configured to be coupled to a bomb rack of an aircraft. The adjustable store coupler has attachment points arranged in a substantially linear manner. The attachment points are configured to couple one or more store systems to the adjustable store coupler.
Abstract:
A deployment system (50) for deploying a store from an aircraft includes a lock member (60) that selectively engages the store to the deployment system, an ejector (62) that selectively ejects the store from the deployment system, and a deployment system controller (64) communicatively coupled to the lock member (60) and to the ejector (62), the system controller communicatively coupled to the aircraft to receive commands from the aircraft, wherein upon receipt of a master arm command from the aircraft the system controller maintains the lock member (60) in an engaged state relative to the store, and wherein upon receipt of a fire command from the aircraft the system controller disengages the lock member from the store and activates the ejector to eject the store from the deployment system.
Abstract:
Pour permettre le lancement de projectiles de leurrage 6 avec une qualité de vol optimale, les projectiles comprennent, respectivement, des corps cylindriques extérieurs (80) dimensionnellement identiques, reçus dans ledit tube et présentant chacun un dispositif de stabilisation aérodynamique a empennages déployables (9), prenant une position repliée dans le corps lorsque le projectile est dans le tube, et une position déployée en sortie de celui-ci. Pour cela, ledit système comprend un module d'éjection des projectiles (8), a passage axial (12), agence fixement dans le prolongement du tube, à I'opposé du mécanisme d'avance, et contenant successivement, par suite du mécanisme de commande, le projectile a éjecter (6) par un dispositif d'éjection commandable (25) lie audit module.
Abstract:
A warhead delivery system (25) including a multi-hydrogen bomb warhead (5) preferably having a plurality of bombs (3) located behind a door (2) of a nose cone (1) of the warhead (5). A plurality of decoys (4) may be used in conjunction with the bombs (3). The bombs (3) and decoys (4) are spring-ejected from the nose cone (1) through the doors (2). However, the bomb (3) may be transported via missile or via alternative delivery systems (23), such as aircraft (19), the back of a pick-up truck (6) or via flat-bed trailer (21).
Abstract:
Device for ejecting a load attached beneath an aircraft designed to endow the load on its release with controlled kinematic forces dependent upon the momentary flight parameters of the aircraft at the time. A plurality of separate modules (1, 2A, 2B, 4, 10) facilitates the longitudinal movement (d) of the load (3) to release it from its means of attachment (5) to the aircraft and the precise adjustment of the angular ejection speed. One of the modules is an energy source (1), e.g. a cylinder of compressed nitrogen. Two other modules are, respectively, a forward fluid ram (2A) and a rear fluid ram (2B), each with a retractable telescopic piston which, when fed with pressurised gas from the source (1), exerts an ejecting force upon the load (3). Application to the release of loads carried by an aircraft.