Airborne vehicle emulation system and method
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first interface configured to communicate via a first protocol;
a first holding device configured to hold an airborne vehicle, the first holding device including a second interface configured to communicate with the first interface via the first protocol and to communicate with the airborne vehicle via a second protocol; and
an emulator configured to convert at least one of a communication of the first protocol received from the second interface into a communication of the second protocol, and a communication of the second protocol received from the airborne vehicle into a communication of the first protocol.
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a first interface configured to communicate via a first protocol, and a first holding device configured to hold an airborne vehicle. The first holding device includes a second interface configured to communicate with the first interface via the first protocol, and to communicate with the airborne vehicle via a second protocol. The apparatus includes an emulator configured to convert at least one of a communication of the first protocol into a communication of the second protocol, and a communication of the second protocol into a communication of the first protocol.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first interface configured to communicate via a first protocol; a first holding device configured to hold an airborne vehicle, the first holding device including a second interface configured to communicate with the first interface via the first protocol and to communicate with the airborne vehicle via a second protocol; and an emulator configured to convert at least one of a communication of the first protocol received from the second interface into a communication of the second protocol, and a communication of the second protocol received from the airborne vehicle into a communication of the first protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An emulator comprising:
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a receiving unit configured to receive a first communication of a first protocol for operating an airborne vehicle, which operates in accordance with a communication of a second protocol, and to receive a second communication of the second protocol from the airborne vehicle; a conversion unit configured to convert at least one of the received first communication of the first protocol into the second communication of the second protocol, and the received second communication of the second protocol into the first communication of the first protocol; and an output unit configured to output at least one of the converted second communication of the second protocol to the airborne vehicle for operating the airborne vehicle, and the converted first communication of the first protocol to an interface enabling an operator to control an operation of the airborne vehicle.
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23. An airborne vehicle holding device for holding and launching a first airborne vehicle of a first type, the airborne vehicle holding device comprising:
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a first interface configured to communicate with a second interface via a first protocol to receive from the second interface a communication of the first protocol for operating the first airborne vehicle, which operates in accordance with a communication of a second protocol; a canister configured to hold the first airborne vehicle, the canister being adaptively structured to be mounted to a launcher configured to launch a second airborne vehicle of a second type; and an emulator configured to convert at least one of the received communication of the first protocol into a communication of the second protocol for operating the first airborne vehicle via the second protocol, and a communication of the second protocol received from the first airborne vehicle into a communication of the first protocol to be outputted to the second interface via the first protocol.
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24. A weapons system comprising:
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first communication means for communicating via a first protocol; first holding means for holding an airborne vehicle; second communication means for communicating with the first communication means via the first protocol, and communicating with the airborne vehicle via a second protocol; and conversion means for converting at least one of a communication of the first protocol received from the second communication means into a communication of the second protocol, and a communication of the second protocol received from the airborne vehicle into a communication of the first protocol.
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25. A method for emulating an airborne vehicle, the method comprising:
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transmitting a communication of a first protocol from a first interface to a second interface of a holding device holding an airborne vehicle, which operates in accordance with a communication of a second protocol; converting the communication of the first protocol transmitted to the second interface of the holding device into a communication of the second protocol; and transmitting the converted communication of the second protocol to the airborne vehicle to operate the airborne vehicle.
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