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RECOVERABLE POD FOR SELF-PROTECTION OF AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF PROTECTING AN AIRCRAFT USING A RECOVERABLE POD

  • US 20050134496A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2003
  • Published: 06/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An attack countermeasure system for an aircraft comprising:

  • a countermeasure module including a chamber;

    countermeasure equipment housed in the chamber of the countermeasure module;

    an attachment mechanism for releasable attachment of the countermeasure module to an aircraft; and

    a flight mechanism on the countermeasure module for returning the countermeasure module to a location, such that when an aircraft to which the countermeasure module is attached reaches a desired airborne position, the attachment mechanism releases the countermeasure module from the aircraft, and the flight mechanism on the released countermeasure module returns the countermeasure module to the location.

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