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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2024
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Matthew M. Hall, Nashua, NH (US);
Michael E. Knotts, Milford, NH (US);
Bernard A. Sacco, Westford, MA (US);
Ross J. Wendell, Medford, MA (US);
John A. Mitchell, Amherst, NH (US);
John D. Chernick, Merrimack, NH (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
An air vehicle assembly initialization and ejection system includes a canister configured to contain an air vehicle assembly, where the air vehicle assembly includes an onboard electronic system and at least one squib for ejecting the air vehicle assembly from the canister. The system further includes a magazine having a canister position configured to contain the canister. The system further includes a first signal path providing electrical communication of a first control signal between the canister position and the canister, the first control signal for causing the onboard electronic system to power up, and a second signal path providing electrical communication of a second control signal between the canister position and the canister, the second control signal for causing the at least one squib to detonate.