Bae Systems, Inc.

Robert Brown

Colin Whaites

Peter Wayne Collingbourne

Peter R House

Philip Orr

James Raymond Noblett

Peter Richard Bennett

An aircraft wing system and method comprising: an aircraft wing including upper and lower surfaces, and a leading edge between the upper and lower surfaces; a fairing coupled to the leading edge; and actuation means configured to move the fairing relative to the aircraft wing between a stowed position, a first deployed position, and a second deployed position. The stowed position is when the fairing is in contact with the aircraft wing and serves as a continuation of the aircraft wing. The first deployed position is when the fairing is in contact with the aircraft wing and located below the stowed position. The second deployed position is when the fairing is spaced apart from the leading edge to create a gap between the fairing and the leading edge.

Aircraft wing system

An aircraft wing system and method comprising: an aircraft wing; an edge device coupled to a leading edge or trailing edge of the aircraft wing; a drive shaft rotatable about its axis; a crank arm, a first end of the crank arm being coupled to the drive shaft, and a second end of the crank arm opposite to the first end being coupled to the edge device; and a gear system (e.g. a strain wave gear system) coupled between the drive shaft and the first end of the crank arm.

An aircraft fuselage () comprising: an aircraft door or access panel () comprising a receiving element (); and locking apparatus for securing the aircraft door/panel () in an opening of aircraft fuselage (), the locking apparatus comprising: a shaft (); a mounting member () for mounting the shaft () to the fuselage (); securing means () fixedly mounted to the shaft () and arranged such that rotation of the shaft () about its longitudinal axis moves the securing means () from being not coupled to a receiving element () to being coupled to a receiving element () or vice versa; a locking member () for coupling to the shaft () such that rotation of the shaft () causes movement of the locking member (); and fixing means for fixedly attaching the locking member () to the aircraft fuselage () thereby preventing rotation of the shaft ().

Locking apparatus and method

Disclosed is an air vehicle mounted or mountable transmitting and/or receiving equipment including a transmitting and/or receiving turret allowing at least a forward field of view, the device being mounted or mountable on a fuselage such that it extends away from the fuselage to which it is mounted; and a fairing mounted to the fuselage adjacent the device at a rearward side of the device for reducing aerodynamic drag, the fairing being retractable by, for example, an electrically driven mechanism, to afford the device a rearward (arrow R), or more effective rearward, field of view for transmitting and/or receiving.

Air vehicle mounted transmitting or receiving equipment

An engine nozzle arrangement for an aircraft comprises a nozzle ( ) for hot exhaust gases, and a shroud ( ) for the stream of hot exhaust gases emerging from the exhaust nozzle. The shroud includes an intake for a boundary layer of air for cooling the stream of exhaust gases.

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