The Boeing Company

Alexander McGregor

Michael L Oleshchuk

Keith Ryan Hollen

Everett Ryan Eaton

Jonathan David Gettinger

Angel L Rodriguez

Perry Thomas Horst

Nathan Matthew Knibb

Sean Craig Sundberg

Bryan Michael Loris

Nathan Adam Kostelecky

A wing lock and deployment apparatus for an air launched vehicle includes a driver acted on by a single linear actuation event. The disclosed wing lock and deployment apparatus is capable of unlocking deployable wings of an air launched vehicle, deploying deployable wings of the air launched vehicle from a stored position, and locking deployable wings of the air launched vehicle in a deployed position in sequential order with the one single linear actuation event.

Wing lock and deployment mechanism

A wing lock and deployment apparatus for an air launched vehicle includes a ball screw and driver acted on by a single actuation event. The disclosed wing lock and deployment apparatus is capable of unlocking deployable wings of an air launched vehicle, deploying deployable wings of the air launched vehicle from a stored position, and locking deployable wings of the air launched vehicle in a deployed position in sequential order with the one single actuation event.

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Alexander McGregor