Real time dynamically controled elevation and azimuth gun pod mounted on a fixed wing aerial combat vehicle
OwnerNir Padaninventor
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Abstract
A gun pod, mounted on a fixed-wing aerial vehicle, stores, delivers, controls and supports a controllable movement gun unit. The gun pod includes a flexible gun mount, gun movement actuators, gun movement controllers, a standalone range finder, a standalone processor, and standalone sensors for capturing dynamically environmental data and for controlling the movement of the gun unit. The gun is provided with allowable ranges of movement in the elevation and the azimuth where the ranges are determined in accordance with the flight envelope of the aerial vehicle, the characteristics of the gun unit and the mounting location of the gun pod. The movement of the gun is either controlled manually or automatically.
Claims41
An apparatus for dynamically controlling the elevation and azimuth of an aerial gun incorporated within a gun pod mountable on a fixed-wing aerial-combat vehicle, the apparatus comprising the elements of:
- at least one aerodynamically gun pod unit for storing, delivering, controlling and supporting at least one controllable elevation and azimuth movement aerial gun unit;
- at least one controllable movement aerial gun unit mounted in the at least one aerodynamically efficient gun pod unit and designed for the delivery of suitable gun projectile units to a/target.
The apparatus as claimed in calm 29 wherein the at least one gun pod unit is a novel, specifically designed, developed, tested and certified gun pod unit
A method for dynamically controlling the elevation and azimuth of at least one aerial gun unit incorporated within at least one gun pod unit mountable on a fixed-wing aerial combat vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- modifying the strength, diameter and volume of the at least one gun pod unit to allow for the incorporation of the at least one gun unit and gun movement support components;
- extending the diameter of the gun pod aperture to enable the allowable ranges of movement in the elevation and the azimuth for the barrels associated with the at least one gun unit;
- installing an aerodynamic flexible covering on the gun pod aperture to provide for efficient airflow in the vicinity of the gun pod unit.
An apparatus for dynamically controlling the elevation and azimuth of at least one aerial gun unit incorporated within at least one gun pod unit mountable on a fixed-wing aerial combat vehicle, the system comprising the elements of:
- at least one onboard fire control computer to store gun movement control data, to receive sensor data, to receive remote data, to calculate and generate gun movement, to communicate with the vehicle's operating crew and to communicate with the at least one gun pod unit;
- at least one onboard sensor device to collect relevant environmental information, and to transmit the information to the at least one fire control computer;
- at least one onboard communication device to communicate with at least one remote information source and to transmit the received information to the at least one fire control computer;
- at least one aerodynamically efficient gun pod unit for storing, delivering, controlling and supporting at least one controllable elevation and azimuth movement aerial gun unit;
- at least one controllable movement aerial gun unit mounted in the at least one aerodynamically efficient gun pod unit and designed for the delivery of suitable gun projectile units to a ground-based or aerial target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.