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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Inventors:
Andrew Michael Carr, Portsmouth, GB;
Timothy Keith Girling, Portsmouth, GB;
Murray Thomson, Portsmouth, GB;
Assignee:
BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 12/36 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01); B63G 1/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); F42B 10/56 (2006.01); F42B 15/10 (2006.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01); B63G 6/00 (2006.01); B63G 9/00 (2006.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 12/365 (2013.01); B63B 22/003 (2013.01); B63G 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); F42B 10/56 (2013.01); F42B 15/10 (2013.01); H04K 3/62 (2013.01); H04K 3/825 (2013.01); B63G 6/00 (2013.01); B63G 2009/005 (2013.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); H04K 2203/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a reconnaissance and communication assembly, adapted to be launched from a gun barrel into the air over a body of water. The assembly comprises a carrier (with a cavity) and a payload (within the cavity). The payload is arranged to be controllably expelled from the carrier and once expelled from the carrier, the payload is adapted to enter the water; and the payload transmits a signal after entering the water.