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AIR VEHICLE

  • US 20120267472A1
  • Filed: 06/02/2010
  • Published: 10/25/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An air vehicle, comprising:

  • a fuselage and a wing arrangement in fixed-wing configuration, said air vehicle having a longitudinal axis, and said fuselage having a fuselage length in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis, a fuselage width in a direction parallel to a pitch axis of the air vehicle, and a fuselage height in a direction parallel to a yaw axis of the air vehicle, the air vehicle further defining at least one azimuthal reference plane that intersects said fuselage;

    a sensor/emitter arrangement configured for at least one of sensing and emitting energy in directions associated with a plurality of different lines of sight (LOS) with respect to said fuselage;

    wherein said sensor/emitter arrangement comprises at least one sensor/emitter array, the or each said sensor/emitter array comprising a sensing/emitting face configured for said at least one of sensing and emitting energy and that is elongated with respect to an elongation axis, and wherein at least one said sensor/emitter array is arranged with the respective sensing/emitting face thereof at least partially facing one of a forward direction and an aft direction along said longitudinal axis, and at least partially facing at least one side direction along said pitch axis; and

    wherein said fuselage is configured for integrating said sensor/emitter arrangement therein for enabling optimizing operation of said sensor/emitter arrangement.

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