Air vehicle assembly initialization and ejection

An air vehicle assembly comprising:

• an onboard electronic system including a latching circuit, a switch coupled to the latching circuit, a power supply coupled to the switch, and a microcontroller coupled to the power supply;
• at least one squib for ejecting the air vehicle assembly from a canister;
• a first signal path providing electrical communication of a first control signal between the canister and the at least one squib;
• and
• a second signal path providing electrical communication of a second control signal between the canister and the onboard electronic system.

An air vehicle assembly initialization and ejection system comprising:

• a canister configured to contain an air vehicle assembly, the air vehicle assembly including an onboard electronic system and at least one squib for ejecting the air vehicle assembly from the canister;
• a magazine including a canister position configured to contain the canister;
• and
• a controller configured to provide a first control signal to the canister along a first signal path, and to provide a second control signal to the canister along a second signal path, the first signal path providing electrical communication of the first control signal between the canister position and the canister, the second signal path providing electrical communication of the second control signal between the canister position and the canister.