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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Frank Joseph Bellino, Inyokern, CA (US);
John Andrew Johnson, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
David Virgil Jester, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Roy Joseph Harmon, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Timothy Allen Froehner, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Alberto Garza, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Richard Matthew Dillon, Camarillo, CA (US);
Hugh Henley Hood, Crestview, FL (US);
Frank Joseph Bellino, Inyokern, CA (US);
John Andrew Johnson, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
David Virgil Jester, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Roy Joseph Harmon, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Timothy Allen Froehner, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Alberto Garza, Ridgecrest, CA (US);
Richard Matthew Dillon, Camarillo, CA (US);
Hugh Henley Hood, Crestview, FL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to a pod based countermeasure dispensing system for external mounting on wide variety of manned aircraft. The pod based system is readily configurable for dispensing different types of infrared countermeasure (IRCM) devices and different types of radio frequency countermeasure (RFCM) devices at a rapid rate. The primary use of the rapidly dispensed IRCMs and RFCMs is to protect the host aircraft while ingress and egress maneuvers are performed in a hostile area. A secondary use of the pod based countermeasure dispensing system is for use in defending commercial aircraft from missile threats.