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US 2025/0093129 A1Published application
Aircraft weapons pod including rail launcher
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRyan Glen BINKHOLDER, John Kevin FOSTER
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Abstract
An aircraft comprising a weapons pod including an enclosure mounted to an outer mold line of the aircraft, and at least one missile rail launcher mounted entirely within and fixed to the enclosure.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a weapons pod including an enclosure configured to be mounted on an aircraft,
- wherein the enclosure includes forward and aft doors having an upper section and a lower section that are opened and closed by independent drive mechanisms;
- and
- at least one rail launcher mounted to the enclosure.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- opening and closing, by a device, forward and aft doors of an enclosure of a weapons pod,
- wherein the enclosure is configured to be mounted on an aircraft, and
- wherein the forward and aft doors include an upper section and a lower section that are opened and closed via independent drive mechanisms;
- and
- controlling, by the device, at least one rail launcher mounted to the enclosure.
2 more elements
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:
- open and close forward and aft doors of an enclosure of a weapons pod,
- wherein the enclosure is configured to be mounted on an aircraft, and
- wherein the forward and aft doors include an upper section and a lower section that are opened and closed via independent drive mechanisms;
- and
- control at least one rail launcher mounted to the enclosure.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.