Patents Assigned to BAE Systems plc
  • Patent number: 12263917
    Abstract: This invention relates to a parachute sea anchor system deployable from a payload tube. There is provided a parachute sea anchor system suitable for launch from a vessel comprising at least one payload tube, said payload tube, comprising a payload canister, which comprises a parachute sea anchor, wherein said parachute sea anchor comprises a buoy tethered thereto, wherein said payload canister is attached to said vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Simon Phillip Newby, Jason Michael Dobb, David Charles Alexander Ritchie, Adam Benedict Bruce Cowley
  • Patent number: 12264919
    Abstract: A head mounted display system for use on a watercraft is disclosed. The head mounted display system comprises circuitry to determine orientation information of a head mounted display system relative to the watercraft and a display configured to superimpose graphical information over objects in a field of view of at least one eye of a user of the head mounted display system. The graphical information is based on sensor data and the orientation information of the head mounted display. The sensor data is provided by at least one data source associated with the watercraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Mark Nichols, Owen Edward Jones, Daniel Martyn Forrester, Derek Ron Jordan
  • Patent number: 12264905
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a fuze arming system for a munition, comprising: an arming circuit arranged to detect a setback event and, in response to the setback event, generate a signal indicating that an arming event has occurred, wherein the arming circuit comprises a sensor configured to produce a graduated output when the setback event occurs, and fuze arming system is arranged to use that graduated output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: Martyn John Hucker
  • Publication number: 20250102257
    Abstract: A blast attenuation device for a gun tube. The blast attenuation device has a first wall section which defines a first chamber, which extends from an inlet end having an inlet aperture to an outlet end having an outlet aperture. The blast attenuation device also has a second wall section which defines a second chamber, which extends from an inlet end having an inlet aperture to an outlet end having an outlet aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Richard Peter Lewin, Peter Andrew Griffith
  • Patent number: 12260768
    Abstract: A signal transmitting device is provided for communicating with an aircraft in the vicinity of a landing area. The signal transmitting device is configured to receive a signal from the aircraft and further configured to transmit a return signal to the aircraft automatically upon receipt of the signal. The return signal comprises information regarding the landing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: Charles Hewitt
  • Patent number: 12258120
    Abstract: An arrangement for influencing liquid flow comprises a first section selectively configurable to provide a vortex generator surface to induce vortices in the liquid flow. The arrangement further comprises a second section, wherein the first section and second section are movable relative to one another to provide the vortex generator surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Weichao Shi, Mehmet Atlar, Callum Stark, Matthew Thompson, Mortiz Troll, Leon Malcolm Sweet
  • Patent number: 12252232
    Abstract: A control system for assisting a pilot to control an aircraft operating under control of an active inceptor, the control system comprising: a receiver for receiving pilot-inputs on an active inceptor, an instruction generator to generate an instruction, the instruction based on an external signal associated with the geographical location of the aircraft; a tactile cue generator to generates a tactile cue which causes the active inceptor to move from a nominal position to a first offset position within a predetermined time period in response to the instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Justin Mark Dee, Peter Stuart Maley
  • Patent number: 12253212
    Abstract: A support structure for manufacturing a pressure vessel, the support structure configured to be carried on a supporting substrate, the support structure comprising a first segment support structure nestable within, and moveable relative to, a second segment support structure, wherein the first segment support structure is configured to be raised and lowered relative to the second segment support structure to thereby raise and lower the first segment relative to the substrate, and the first segment support structure is configured to move between a nested position within the second segment support structure to a position spaced apart from the second segment support structure across a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Andrew Sadler, Alan Phizacklea, Anthony Craig Robinson, James William Spain, Adam William Rawlinson
  • Publication number: 20250065515
    Abstract: An interface node for enabling a robotic arm to be used as a reconfigurable fixture for vehicle manufacture is described. The interface node comprises an attachment element for attaching the interface node to the robotic arm. The interface node also comprises a first locating element, the first locating element comprising a flat surface wherein the flat surface is suitable for locating a first feature of a first component wherein the first feature comprises a face of the first component. The interface node further comprises a wall extending from and substantially around the flat surface, the wall connecting the flat surface to the attachment element wherein the wall defines a second locating element, the second locating element suitable for locating a second feature of a second component, which may or may not be the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Daniel James MIDDLETON, Robert NAYLOR
  • Publication number: 20250070891
    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus for optical underwater data transmission comprises an optical transmitter configured to generate an optical signal for a short range underwater optical communications channel, wherein the optical transmitter comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation configured to generate an optical signal with a selected wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: Mark Edgar Bray
  • Publication number: 20250060471
    Abstract: A signal from a mobile communication device (102) of an unmanned aerial vehicle (103) is received, via cellular network communication, by each of a plurality of cellular network base stations (106, 107, 108). A position of the unmanned aerial vehicle (103) is determined based on a triangulation operation performed using the signal received by the cellular network base stations (106, 107, 108). Vehicle navigational data derived from the position determination is used to determine that a navigation assistance notification should be communicated to a notification receiver (102, 114) and, in response, communication of the navigation assistance notification to the notification receiver (102, 114) is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Robert Graham WYTHE
  • Publication number: 20250061812
    Abstract: A mobile communication device (102) of a vehicle (103) is associated with a navigation system (202). Vehicle navigational data derived from the navigation system (202) is received, via cellular network communication, from the mobile communication device (102) of a vehicle (103). The vehicle navigational data is used to determine that a navigation assistance notification should be communicated to the mobile communication device (102) and, in response, communication of the navigation assistance notification to the mobile communication device (102) is initiated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Robert Graham WYTHE
  • Publication number: 20250060483
    Abstract: In some examples, an underwater imaging apparatus comprises a source of electromagnetic radiation configured to generate a short-range illuminating beam at a selected wavelength, and an image sensor for generating image data representing a scene or object to be illuminated by the illuminating beam, the image sensor sensitive to the selected wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Mark Edgar BRAY
  • Publication number: 20250062773
    Abstract: A method of performing analogue to digital conversion of an analogue input signal. The method comprises: generating a first laser pulse train having a first wavelength; generating a second laser pulse train having a second different wavelength; modulating, using an interferometric modulator, the first laser pulse train and the second laser pulse train on the basis of the analogue input signal, wherein the interferometric modulator is configured such that its response to the first laser pulse train is not in phase with its response to the second laser pulse train; determining, on the basis of the modulated first laser pulse train and the modulated second laser pulse train, a voltage of the analogue input signal; and generating a digital signal indicative of the determined voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventor: Philip Charles Jarrett PRING
  • Patent number: 12231217
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle (20) for relaying radio frequency signals in a tactical communications network is described. The unmanned vehicle comprises a processor (22) arranged to receive the location of a first asset (40a); select a relay site (30) from at least one relay site; and control the unmanned vehicle to move to the selected relay site, wherein at the selected relay site, communication between the first asset and the unmanned vehicle is enabled. The unmanned vehicle also comprises a receiver for receiving data from the first asset; and a transmitter for transmitting the data to a second asset (40b, 20, 10). A control unit (60) for an unmanned vehicle, a tactical communications network comprising a plurality of unmanned vehicles, and a method of relaying signals in a tactical communications network using an unmanned vehicle are all also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Alexander Luke Adams, James Miller, Philip James Marchant, Adrian Lambert
  • Patent number: 12230994
    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for pulse charging of a load capacitor, the apparatus comprising: a ferrous cored transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a primary circuit connected to the primary winding; a secondary circuit connected to the secondary winding, the secondary circuit comprising the load capacitor; and an uncoupled inductance in the primary circuit or the secondary circuit, the uncoupled inductance reducing the coupling coefficient between the primary circuit and the secondary circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Ian Anthony Moore, Michael James Parker, Daniel James Scott, Stuart James Toms
  • Patent number: 12227071
    Abstract: A video processing system (100) comprises at least one controller (102) configured to receive a plurality of video data from a respective plurality of video data sources (106, 208). The system can assign one of a plurality of hierarchical display layers to each of the plurality of video data, and generate an output video for display, the output video comprising at least a portion of each of the plurality of video data layered according to the assigned hierarchical display layers. The plurality of hierarchical display layers is based on a respective plurality of safety/security levels defined in a safety/security standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: John Giles Searle
  • Publication number: 20250042540
    Abstract: A drive arrangement for manipulating a vehicle control surface, comprises: a first drive; a second drive; an output member for connecting to the vehicle control surface; first engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the first drive and the output member; and second engaging means for selectively engaging and disengaging the second drive and the output member, wherein the first drive and the second drive are mounted on bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Robert David Hollands, Martyn Ingleton
  • Patent number: 12215962
    Abstract: According to some examples, an energy harvesting assembly for a projectile comprises an inlet provided at the tip of a casing of the projectile, multiple outlets provided circumferentially around an outer surface of the casing proximate the tip, and an airflow channel structure extending from the inlet in a generally axial direction through a turbine to the multiple outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventors: Richard Binns, Daniel Phillip Crane, Mohammed-Asif Akhmad
  • Publication number: 20250028968
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a computer-implemented method of controlling a swarm of agents to perform actions, and agents configured accordingly. The method comprises providing (202) data for performing Reinforcement Learning in each agent in the swarm. Each of the agents uses the provided data to execute (204) at least one learning episode to train a respective state-action selector, and uses its trained state-action selector to select and perform an action (220). The training comprises each of the agents using its respective state-action selector to select (306) a fictitious action it would perform itself in the current joint states and to select a fictitious action the other agents would perform in the current joint states, and using the selected fictitious actions to update (308-312, 208-216) values in the state-action selector of each of the agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
    Inventor: Marc Espinós Longa