Bae Systems, Inc.

Christopher Charles Rawlinson Jones

Nicholas Giacomo Robert Colosimo

Keith Antony Rigby

Ian Peter Macdiarmid

Mark Eccles

Nicholas Glacomo Robert Colosimo

An airborne redirection unit (ARU), for deflecting an RF energy beam, the ARU comprising: A canopy comprising a surface for slowing the rate of descent, A beam director supported at the canopy, the ARU being configured to focus the RF energy beam.

Airborne redirection unit for deflecting a radio frequency energy beam

A method and apparatus for creating an atmospheric electromagnetic radiation path modifying element () operative to simulate a physical optical device, the method comprising applying electromagnetic radiation to a selected plurality of three-dimensional portions (&#x2014;FIG.) of an atmospheric volume () so as to heat and/or ionize the air within said portions, wherein said selected portions are spatially located together in a substantially unbroken three-dimensional configuration.

Method and apparatus for simulating electromagnetic radiation path modifying devices

A vehicle () comprising a vehicle part (), the vehicle part () comprising: an electrically conductive core (); a non-electrically conductive outer skin () made of a radar-absorbent material which surrounds, at least to some extent, the core () such that the core () is not visible from outside the vehicle (); and one or more electrically conductive members () electrically connected to the core (); each of the one or more members () is a tapered member having a relatively large cross sectional area where that member () is electrically connected to the core (), and tapers from its end that is connected to the core () to a point; and the point of each member () is located at an outer surface of the external skin () such that the point of each of the members () is exposed.

Lightning protection for vehicles

A system comprising a low observable aircraft () having its surfaces oriented at a limited number of directions, and a lightning diverter strip () comprising a plurality of electrically conductive elements () arranged in a spaced apart relation, each of the electrically conductive elements () comprising an elongate portion. The lightning diverter strip () is attached to the aircraft in such a way that the conductive elements () are located on an exposed outer surface of the lightning diverter strip () and exposed to atmospheric conditions. For each conductive element (), a long axis of the elongate portion of that conductive element () is substantially parallel with a surface of the aircraft.

Lightning protection system

A method of providing apparatus comprising: providing a first store and a first payload on or in the first store, the first store being for mounting to the outside of an aircraft; acquiring aerodynamic properties, moments of inertia, and the mass distribution of the first store and first payload; providing a second store and a second payload, the second payload being on or in the second store, the second store being for mounting to the outside of the aircraft, the second payload being different to the first, the second payload comprising a sensor and/or a projecting means; and configuring the second store and the second payload such that the aerodynamic properties, moments of inertia, and mass distribution of the second store and the second payload are substantially the same as those of the first store and first payload.

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Preston, United Kingdom

Christopher Charles Rawlinson Jones