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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
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 method of using a pod to rapidly deploy defensive countermeasures from a wide variety of manned aircraft. The method includes using a configurable pod for dispensing different types of infrared countermeasure (IRCM) devices and different types of radio frequency countermeasure (RFCM) devices at a rapid rate. The primary purpose of this method is to rapidly dispense 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 method is for use in defending commercial aircraft from missile threats.