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US 9,803,958 B2Granted
Weapons stores processor panel for aircraft
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsJustin L. Wolfanger, Carlo Asaro
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Abstract
An aircraft weapons control system including a weapons stores processor panel for receiving input signals from a weapons input; a weapons interface for receiving fire signals from the weapons stores processor panel to control firing of aircraft weapons; and a flight management system in communication with the weapons stores processor panel and the weapons interface, the flight management system providing control signals to the weapons interface; wherein the weapons stores processor panel implements safety interlocks to prevent or enable firing of the aircraft weapons.
Claims18
An aircraft weapons control system comprising:
- a weapons stores processor panel for receiving input signals from a weapons input;
- a weapons interface for receiving fire signals from the weapons stores processor panel to control firing of aircraft weapons;
- a flight management system in communication with the weapons stores processor panel and the weapons interface, the flight management system providing control signals to the weapons interface, the flight management system separate from the weapons stores processor panel;
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- a control panel on the weapons stores processor panel, the control panel including a master arm switch for selecting a master arm position, a safe position and an off position;
- wherein the weapons stores processor panel implements safety interlocks to prevent or enable firing of the aircraft weapons, the weapons interface requiring an enable signal from the weapons stores processor panel to fire a weapon;
- wherein when the master arm switch is in the master arm position, the weapons stores processor panel provides power to a weapons interface controller and the weapons stores processor panel enables generation of the fire signals;
- wherein when the master arm switch is in the safe position, the weapons stores processor panel provides power to a weapons interface controller and the weapons stores processor panel prevents generation of the fire signals;
- wherein when the master arm switch is in the off position, the weapons stores processor panel disables power to a weapons interface controller and the weapons stores processor panel prevents generation of the fire signals.
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A vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) rotary-wing aircraft comprising:
- an aircraft mounted weapon;
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- an aircraft weapons control system, the aircraft weapons control system including:
- a weapons stores processor panel for receiving input signals from a weapons input;
- a weapons interface for receiving fire signals from the weapons stores processor panel to control firing of the aircraft weapon;
- a flight management system in communication with the weapons stores processor panel and the weapons interface, the flight management system providing control signals to the weapons interface, the flight management system separate from the weapons stores processor panel;
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- a control panel on the weapons stores processor panel, the control panel including a master arm switch for selecting a master arm position, a safe position and an off position;
- wherein the weapons stores processor panel implements safety interlocks to prevent or enable firing of the aircraft weapon, the weapons interface requiring an enable signal from the weapons stores processor panel to fire a weapon;
- wherein when the master arm switch is in the master arm position, the weapons stores processor panel provides power to a weapons interface controller and the weapons stores processor panel enables generation of the fire signals;
- wherein when the master arm switch is in the safe position, the weapons stores processor panel provides power to a weapons interface controller and the weapons stores processor panel prevents generation of the fire signals;
- wherein when the master arm switch is in the off position, the weapons stores processor panel disables power to a weapons interface controller and the weapons stores processor panel prevents generation of the fire signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.