Raytheon Company

Derek L Budisalich

George Darryl Budy

Christopher P Owan

Charles M De Lair

Matthew B Castor

Erik A Fjerstad

Andrew Thompson

Jeffrey P Sowers

Mahitha Velagapudi

Grant Allen Sweer

Stephen John Fedigan

Eric C Maugans

Matthew P Francis

Eric A Fjerstad

George D Budy

A power management unit architecture including a set of batteries connected to a load via a bus; a controller in operative communication with the batteries; a telemetry unit in operative communication with the controller and the batteries; at least one power switch in operative communication with the controller, the batteries and the bus; a squib unit operatively connected to the batteries; wherein the controller is configured to pull a battery current from a first battery and drive the first battery current into a second battery responsive to a predetermined current.

Power management unit architecture

A component separation system for separating a load from an external structure according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a sleeve slidingly engaged with the external structure. The sleeve includes an opening and an interior. A locking mechanism, such as a ball or latch, is movably disposed through the sleeve opening between a locked position engaging the external structure and an unlocked position not engaging the external structure. A mover slidingly disposed within the hollow interior of the sleeve controls the movement of the locking mechanism through the opening. Energy excess beyond that required for unlocking the mechanism may provide a thrust to forcibly eject the load from the external structure.

Methods and apparatus for integrated locked thruster mechanism

The disclosed system, device and method for deploying a sub-module from a carrier vehicle generally includes: a sub-module projectile () housed within a carrier vehicle; a rolling diaphragm () sealed between a first pressure chamber volume () and a second sub-module containment volume (e.g., substantially formed on the opposing side of rolling diaphragmrelative to pressure chamber); and a release mechanism (), wherein the sub-module projectile () is secured until releasable deployment from the carrier vehicle. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, adapted or otherwise optionally modified to improve ejection, deployment and/or dispersal of a variety of sub-modules from a variety of carrier modules. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention generally provide for the ejection and dispersal of kinetic energy rod warheads from a kill-vehicle.

Lightweight deployment system and method

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Tucson, AZ, United States of America

Derek L Budisalich