Dynamically with tiltable magazine and method for launching countermeasures
AssigneeSaab AB
InventorChrister ZAETTERQVIST
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Abstract
A dispenser for storing and launching countermeasures from an aircraft, comprising an elongate body provided with at least one launch opening where the countermeasures are stored in cartridges, where the cartridges are interconnect to each other in a slidable manner, and where the cartridges are adapted to be tilted by a tilting means to a selected angle, such that the openings of the cartridges can be directed in a selected direction. The advantage of the invention is that a countermeasure can be directed in a desired angle before it is launched.
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
A dispenser (2) for storing and launching countermeasures (5), comprising an elongate body (8) provided with at least one launch opening (10) and adapted for storing the countermeasures (5) in cartridges (12), wherein:
- the dispenser comprises a plurality of cartridges (12) forming a magazine (11), wherein each cartridge comprises an opening (14) and a centre axis (15),
- the dispenser is adapted to be mounted on an aircraft (1) with a longitudinal direction of the elongate body (8) essentially coinciding with the direction of motion of the aircraft (1), wherein the cartridges (12) are arranged to each other in a slidable manner in a direction coinciding with the centre axis (15), and
- the cartridges (12) of the magazine (11) are adapted to be tilted by a tilting means (20) in a selected angle with reference to the direction of motion of the aircraft (1) and on the relative azimuth and elevation angle to an incoming threat, such that the openings (14) of the cartridges (12) can be directed in a selected direction.
A method for launching a countermeasure (5) from a dispenser (2) mounted on an aircraft (1), wherein the countermeasure is arranged in a cartridge (12) having an opening (14) and a centre axis (15), wherein the dispenser (2) comprises a plurality of cartridges (12), wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- tilting the cartridges (12) from a resting position (30) to an active position (31), launching the countermeasure (5), and tilting the cartridges (12) back to the resting position (30).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.