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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., Lod, IL;
Ohad Rix, Nes Ziona, IL;
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD., Lod, IL;
Abstract
A refueling device for use in in-flight refueling operation between a tanker aircraft and a receiver aircraft includes a selectively steerable body and a controller. The selectively steerable body configured for being towed by a tanker aircraft via a fuel hose at least during in-flight refueling, and includes a boom member having a boom axis and configured to enable fuel to be transferred from the fuel hose to a receiver aircraft along the boom axis during the in-flight refueling operation. The controller is configured for selectively steering the body to an engagement enabling position spaced with respect to the receiver aircraft and for aligning the boom axis in an engagement enabling orientation at the spaced position, and for subsequently moving the boom member along the boom axis towards the receiver aircraft for enabling fuel communication therebetween.