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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Michael S. Ray, Carmel, IN (US);
Armando Guerrero, Columbus, IN (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A deployment system for deploying a store from an aircraft includes a lock member that selectively engages the store to the deployment system, an ejector that selectively ejects the store from the deployment system, and a deployment system controller communicatively coupled to the lock member and to the ejector, the system controller communicatively coupled to the aircraft to receive commands from the aircraft, wherein upon receipt of a master arm command from the aircraft the system controller maintains the lock member in an engaged state relative to the store, and wherein upon receipt of a fire command from the aircraft the system controller disengages the lock member from the store and activates the ejector to eject the store from the deployment system.