Decoy system

A decoy deployment system comprising:

• a housing;
• a decoy disposed within said housing adapted to be ejected through one end of said housing;
• a rotatable spool disposed within said housing adjacent the other end of said housing;
• a towline connected to said decoy and dispensably stored in windings about said spool;
• and
• a sabot positioned between said spool and said decoy for transmitting a pyrotechnic charge force to said decoy for ejecting said decoy from said housing, said sabot sized to have a diameter larger than the diameter of said decoy so as to be retained within said housing during ejection of said decoy from said housing

A decoy deployment system comprising:

• a housing sized to be stored upon an aircraft;
• a decoy positioned within said housing and adapted to be ejected through one end of said housing;
• a rotatable spool positioned within said housing;
• a towline connected to said decoy and dispensably stored upon said spool;
• and
• plural roller bearings formed having a contoured exterior surface disposed within said housing adjacent said one end of said housing for contacting said decoy during ejection of said decoy from said housing to accommodate frictional forces exerted upon said decoy arising from aerodynamic side load encountered during ejection of said decoy in directions generally perpendicular to the airstream of the aircraft.