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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7671783 | Radar reflector A submarine warfare radar training system 10 includes an underwater vehicle 15 towing a float device 40 and a radar reflective target 45. The radar reflective target 45 is configured as a hollow tube-shaped element 50 having... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7379232 | Fiber optic link gain control An optical attenuator is included within an aircraft decoy driver system for driving a fiber optic towed decoy system to compensate for variability in the fiber optic connection to the towed decoy system. The attenuator is controlled by a control signal from the tow... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7336216 | Parachuted radar decoy A radar decoy having radar reflectors disposed in the interior of the inflated canopy of a descending parachute as a first set of four corner reflectors, and a second set of corner reflectors disposed on the exterior of the canopy integral with the first set of corn... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333044 | Rocket-powered sensor target assembly A rocket tube for housing a reloadable rocket motor is connected to a spacer element and a wire-rider element. A sensor target for reflecting radar signals is screwably attached to the rocket tube. The sensor target is provided with a plug for effectively sealing on... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7154429 | Device for protecting military vehicles from infrared guided munitions A heat seeking missile decoy device mounted on a military vehicle to change the infrared signature of the military vehicle. The device is at ambient temperature when stored on the military vehicle. When a heat seeking missile is fired at the military vehicle, the de... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7142148 | Towed decoy and method of improving the same A towed decoy arrangement for a craft with a decoy towed by the craft. Threatening signals are received by the craft and a noise signal is generated which is converted up to a frequency which is rapidly attenuated in air and sent to the towed decoy. In the decoy, th... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7053812 | Recoverable pod for self-protection of aircraft and method of protecting an aircraft using a recoverable pod In a countermeasure system for an aircraft, a countermeasure module includes a chamber. Countermeasure equipment is housed in the chamber of the countermeasure module. An attachment mechanism allows for releasable attachment of the countermeasure module to an aircra... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7028947 | Self-powered tethered decoy for heat-seeking transport aircraft missile defense A low-cost airliner defense system utilizing self powered, retrievable, towed decoys against man portable heat-seeking missile (MANPAD) systems provides both high power and a large IR radiating surface area. An efficient and lightweight integrated turbine-alternator... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6927725 | System and method for radar detection and calibration A system and method for radar detection and calibration. By measuring the true range of a calibration target on entry to the radar's detection zone, the actual detection capability of the radar in current atmospheric conditions with the actual radar can be determine... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6857596 | High speed electro-optic payout system incorporating a stationary optical terminus A system and apparatus for deployment of a decoy from a moving object, such as an aircraft, to protect the aircraft from an enemy missile. The decoy is stored in a housing mounted on the aircraft and is connected by a cable containing fiber optics and high voltage c... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6833804 | Operation of a decoy against threats A Radar Counter Measure System (RCMS) and method for operating a decoy as a Radar Counter Measure (RCM) against incoming airborne threats, wherein the RCMS consists of an airborne vehicle (6) carrying a payload (8) launched from a platform (2) b... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6804495 | Wireless communicator link from towed/surrogate decoy transmitter to the host aircraft The present invention relates to a towed/surrogate decoy transmitter connectable via the tow cable to a platform or host aircraft using a wireless communicator link, the link providing useful performance and status information of the decoy transmitter to the host ai... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6683555 | Fast deploy, retrievable and reusable airborne counter-measure system A fast deployment and retrieval system permits the rapid deployment of a decoy in seconds in response to an incoming threat, thus eliminating the necessity of pre-deployment, with retrieval permitting reeling in and deployment of the decoy a number of tim... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6571714 | Silicon window infrared augmenter There is provided an electrically powered augmenter device that has a silicon window. The silicon window emits the infrared radiation from the augmenter in a specific waveband, to attract heat seeking missles. Moreover, the augmenter may be mounted on the... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6507307 | Ram-air inflated, passive decoy for millimeter wave frequencies A passive radar decoy comprises a substantially hemispherical upper body portion having its inner surface coated with an RF reflective material, a weighted nose piece, a tapered lower body portion interconnecting the upper body to the nose piece, an RF re... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6384764 | Inflatable radar reflector A radar detectable balloon includes an inflatable envelope with several planar radar-reflecting surfaces. Prior to inflation, the balloon may be collapsed into a compact flat configuration. When inflated, the radar reflective planar faces arranged in such... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6384765 | Repeater jamming transmitter and casing for the same This invention concerns a repeater jamming transmitter (2), and a casing arrangement with repeater jamming transmitter. The repeater jamming transmitter (2) comprises transmitter antenna (7), receiver antenna (8) and electronics part (10) with amplifier a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5786786 | Photonic radar decoy A photonic radar decoy (50) is provided which simulates an aircraft to a radar having an interrogating signal. A plurality of receiving antenna (52, 54, 56, 58, 60) are attached to the decoy (50) with each of the receiving antenna (52, 54, 56, 58, 60) ind... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5680136 | Electrically adjustable microwave reflector and application as an electromagnetic decoy A microwave radar reflector includes three, substantially planar networks whose reflectivity or transmissivity may be controlled. The three networks are arranged as a trihedron with an open angle. An additional network, whose reflectivity or transmissivit... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5501724 | Coating composition for attenuating reflection of electromagnetic radiation A coating composition for the attenuation of the reflection electromagnetic radiation and particularly electromagnetic radiation have a wavelength of greater than 800 nm including the near infrared is described. The composition comprises a chromophore cap... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5497156 | Towed target A towed target or decoy serves to avoid heat-seeking and radar missile attacks on a jet aircraft. The decoy has a body with a nose and a sidewall. A ring surrounds the body and the spaced from it. The interior of the ring and the exterior of the body have... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5424741 | Radiation detectable inflatable decoy A multi-dimensional decoy uses a non-combustible exterior to support a reive interior metal film in the form of a rapidly inflatable balloon to generate an infrared and radar signature to match the thermal and radar profiles of an intended target.... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5398032 | Towed multi-band decoy The towed multi-band radar decoy or target is a collapsible, airstream-inflatable device intended to be used for providing gunnery practice or electronic countermeasure protection for aircraft against radars and radar-guided missiles by being towed on a l... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5260820 | Airborne fiber optic decoy architecture One or more decoys (22) are towed by an aircraft (18) to confuse hostile radar. The tow lines (20) to the decoys (22) include fiber optic components which optically transmit to the decoys (22) both radio frequency signals for retransmission to hostile rad... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5097265 | Triangular target boat reflector An array of twenty corner reflectors with each corner reflector consisting f three mutually perpendicular reflecting planes whose intersection lie at a common point. The twenty corner reflectors are, in turn, configured to provide omni-directional reflecti... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4980688 | Regenerator A radar countermeasure comprising an inflatable balloon, a corner reflector ounted inside said balloon, and means mounted on top of said balloon for destroying said balloon upon the incidence of a search radar beam, said means comprising a radar receiving ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4970516 | Seagoing vessels A sacrificial seagoing vessel comprises an automatic navigation system which is operable remotely to maintain the sacrificial vessel in a predetermined orientation and position with respect to a predetermined conventional vessel which is to be safeguarded... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4928130 | Staggered arrangement for improving radar reflection In a staggered arrangement of individual elements that are made of conductive material and are spaced from one another, and which serve to improve the reflectivity of objects which are to be detected by radar with a search frequency band, there exists the... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4885591 | Method and apparatus for monitoring ice masses A method and apparatus is disclosed for monitoring ice masses wherein a signal transmitter is attached to an ice mass and receivers are used to detect the location of the transmitter.... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4808999 | Towed decoy with fiber optic link A rf decoy for use with rf repeater devices, transponders, noise jammers and other jamming devices. The decoy is adapted to be towed behind an aircraft using a tow line which incorporates a fiber optic link through which signals are transmitted. The devic... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4695841 | Method for deceiving active electromagnetic detectors and corresponding decoys A rope is pulled between an end member such as a parachute forming a sail with regard to the wind and a main floating anchor located at the other end. This rope is connected at chosen intervals to captive-balloons, each associated with secondary floating ... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4659089 | Multi-spectral target An infrared target made up of a plurality of infrared radiating modules simulates a military asset. The modules have radiating portions that generate infrared signals matching the thermal cues making up the thermal signature of the asset. The modules are ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4546983 | Multi-spectral target An infrared target made up of a plurality of infrared radiating modules simulates a military asset. The modules have radiating portions that generate infrared signals matching the thermal cues making up the thermal signature of the asset. The modules are ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4370654 | Apparatus for producing a frequency change of a wage propagating signal The present invention is an apparatus for producing a frequency change of wave propagating energy including microwave radar beams, electro-optical signals, other electro-magnetic signals, acoustic signals, and other wave propagating energy. In the first e... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4366962 | Low drag, light weight towed target A modular target apparatus is described, which is adapted to be towed behind a towing vehicle, typically an aircraft. The modular apparatus includes a fore body, an aft body, and a thrust bearing interconnecting said bodies. The thrust bearing allows pred... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4357611 | Radar cross section augmentation Structural improvement for, and method of, achieving radar cross section augmentation of a conical reentry space vehicle decoy having a dielectric heatshield by structuring the base of the decoy to meet certain conditions. Augmentation is achieved by stru... | 11/02/1982 |
