Method and device for cutting and dispensing of adversarial interaction countermeasures
US5773745A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/74
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method for cutting and dispensing of adversarial interaction countermeasures, as for example chaff dipole elements for the self-protection of aerial vehicles against radar-guided missiles, providing substantially instantaneous in-flight cutting and dispensing of chaff dipole elements into the airstream along the flight path of aircraft, helicopters, and other aerial vehicles. The device comprises a drive motor assembly having a flywheel providing a motor inertia enabling the motor to maintain a substantially constant rotational speed when a load is applied for cutting of the material to be dispensed. Countermeasure articles that may be advantageously be cut and dispensed into an adversarial interaction area by the means and method of the invention include dipole elements which are interactive with radiation of varying character, e.g., infrared, microwave, ultraviolet, millimeter wave, etc., as well as less-than-lethal (LTL) adversarial interaction countermeasures.
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