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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2019
Textron Systems Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Abel Livingstone, Hampstead, NH (US);
Walter Hunter Hild, Hiram, ME (US);
Textron Systems Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD (US);
Abstract
A 1-to-N munitions adapter that includes a physical launcher interface, a physical munitions interface, and electronic control circuitry. The physical launcher interface is operable to connect the 1-to-N munitions adapter to a single munition launcher that is i) configured and arranged to carry and launch a single munition of a first type, and ii) integrated to an airborne platform. The physical munitions interface is operable to connect the 1-to-N munitions adapter to multiple munitions of a second type. The 1-N munitions adapter i) emulates a control interface of a single munition of the first type to the single munition launcher, in part by identifying the 1-to-N munitions adapter to the single munition launcher as a single munition of the first type, and ii) selectively controls the release of munitions of the second type while the airborne platform is in flight in response to signals received from the single munition launcher.