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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Christopher Charles Rawlinson Jones, Preston, GB;
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A system comprising a low observable aircraft () having its surfaces oriented at a limited number of directions, and a lightning diverter strip () comprising a plurality of electrically conductive elements () arranged in a spaced apart relation, each of the electrically conductive elements () comprising an elongate portion. The lightning diverter strip () is attached to the aircraft in such a way that the conductive elements () are located on an exposed outer surface of the lightning diverter strip () and exposed to atmospheric conditions. For each conductive element (), a long axis of the elongate portion of that conductive element () is substantially parallel with a surface of the aircraft.