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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1993
Glenn L Spacht, Lloyd Neck, NY (US);
Richard F Nastasi, Commack, NY (US);
Walter R Burhans, Jr, Miller Place, NY (US);
Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, NY (US);
Abstract
A survivability enhancement air vehicle adapted to be air launched from a launching aircraft has a fuselage with a top half and a bottom half separable from the top half. A first stage rocket constitutes the bottom half of the fuselage and a second stage rocket and associated avionics constitute the top half of the fuselage. Gull wings are rotatably mounted on the top half of the fuselage for rotation from a stowed position next adjacent the top half to an extended position substantially 90 degrees toward the bottom half upon being air launched. A separation device in the fuselage separates and drops the bottom half of the fuselage from the top half upon burnout of the first stage rocket. A control system in the top half of the fuselage controls the air vehicle in flight either from the launching aircraft or autonomously, whereby the air vehicle may be used to protect the launching aircraft in a hostile environment.