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"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370834 | Apparatus and methods for in-space satellite operations Apparatus and methods for performing satellite proximity operations such as inspection, recovery and life extension of a target satellite through operation of a “Satellite Inspection Recovery and Extension” (“SIRE”) spacecraft which can be operated in the fo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7262395 | Expendable sonobuoy flight kit with aerodynamically assisted sonobuoy separation A flight kit that can be retrofitted to existing navy sonobuoys. The preferred embodiment gives sonobuoys the capability of self-deployment, allowing them to be sent to a location remotely without the use of manned aircraft or recoverable unmanned air vehicles. This... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6994347 | Hit scoring apparatus for shooting practice The invention provides a hit-scoring apparatus for shooting practice, comprising a target holder consisting of a body constituting the first and second jaws of a clamping device, the first jaw and the second jaw being electrically insulated from one another, means a... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6907800 | Shaftless gyrostabilizer for aerial platforms Gyrostabilizer methods and apparatus having simultaneously counter-revolving masses that do not require physical shafts or axles. The stabilizer can have dual counter-revolving concentric rings, or tracks filled with weights such as spherical balls, that are propell... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6293202 | Precision, airborne deployed, GPS guided standoff torpedo A standoff delivery system is responsive to GPS coordinate signals and in-flight GPS signals to deploy a torpedo at a remote location that avoids the limitations and hazards attendant conventional deployment by full size aircraft. A gliding rigid winged u... | 09/25/2001 |
| 5878979 | Method and apparatus for landing a wing The deployable wing of the present invention comprises an internal structure having diverging leading edge spars attached to a keel spar and cross spars to form a delta wing configuration. This internal structure is enclosed within a volume defined by a f... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5865397 | Method and apparatus for creating detail surfaces on composite aircraft structures An aircraft surface for use on composite structure. The detail surface includes a conductive foil, a conductive double pulled expanded screen, and an adhesive for joining the conductive foil and screen to a composite material. The conductive screen is lay... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5069399 | Target for close in weapon systems This invention relates to a target which is towed by an aircraft to simulate the approach of an aircraft, missile or similar threat to a Defence System, to provide realistic practice for the Defence System. In accordance with this invention there is provi... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5029773 | Cable towed decoy with collapsible fins The invention extends the operational envelope of towed bodies at high altitudes and at high dynamic pressures. It features fins with large span/chord ratios, compactly stowed along the body surface, pivotally swept back with their chord broadside to the ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5018685 | Data link and return link This invention relates to a data coder, code searching mechanism, data deer, and range computer for a missile wherein the missile receiver is able to discriminate between the real signals and jamming signals. The system provides discrimination in aircraf... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5004185 | Air-surface-missile data link system This invention relates to an aircraft missile communication system comprig means to generate a digital sequence corresponding to command signals, means in the aircraft to mix the digital command sequence with the code sequence and transmit the combinatio... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4991799 | Orbital debris sweeper and method An orbital debris sweeper is provided for removing particles from orbit which otherwise may impact and damage an orbiting spacecraft. The debris sweeper includes a central sweeper core which carries a debris monitoring unit, and a plurality of large area ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4410151 | Unmanned craft A vehicle or craft is provided for propeller propulsion with start assist by a releasable rocket engine. The craft is launched from a silo of square-shaped cross-section containing the starter motor for the propeller, whose engine is started while the cra... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4046993 | Target for torpedo launch system A system for determining the proper instant of time to launch an object, h as a target or torpedo, from an aircraft to cause the object to impact a water surface at a predetermined nose-down angle, thereby preventing structural damage due to high impact ... | 09/06/1977 |
