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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2010
Piero Giorgio Degiorgis, Monfalcone, IT;
Valerio Manetti, Gorizia, IT;
Piero Giorgio Degiorgis, Monfalcone, IT;
Valerio Manetti, Gorizia, IT;
SELEX GALILEO S.P.A., Campi Bisenzio, IT;
Abstract
An assisted in-flight refueling system having a tanker aircraft equipped with a drogue; a fuel take-on aircraft equipped with a probe; and a drogue-probe coupling assist system designed to determine a first distance between the drogue and the take-on aircraft/probe, a second distance between the tanker aircraft and the drogue, and a third distance between the tanker aircraft and the take-on aircraft. The drogue-probe coupling assist system is also designed to determine information relative to the necessary movement of the drogue and/or the necessary movement of the take-on aircraft to couple the drogue to the probe, as a function of the first, second, and third distance.