Drs Sustainment Systems, Inc.

Jeffery P Bertram

Michael Thomas Fox

Joseph Matteoni

Bruce E Exely

Wayne K Moore

Michael C Mareschal

Jeffrey S Folmer

Daniel B Nickell

Multiple independently gimbaled devices, such as an electro-optical sensor and machine gun, are mounted to a rotating platform on a vehicle. The platform can rotate to prevent one device from blocking the other while aiming at an off-board location. A control system can harmonize the rotation of the device gimbals and rotating platform so that they remain pointed at the same location. The platform can be rotated to place a firing weapon downwind of a sensor or otherwise compensate for effects of one on the other.

Harmonized turret with multiple gimbaled sub-systems

A method is provided for detection of an airborne contaminant in a atmospheric environment. The method comprises capturing an air sample from the atmospheric environment; separating candidate particles of interest from particles of non interest in the air sample; generating an image of the candidate particles; identifying a contaminant from among the candidate particles by comparing the image of candidate particles with a plurality of stored reference images, each of which reflects a respective identified contaminant; and notifying a remote third party in response to detecting a contaminant from among the candidate particles.

Systems and methods for detection of an airborne contaminant

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Shrewsbury, MO, United States of America

Jeffery P Bertram