Abstract: An aircraft turret and fairing assembly for facilitating transmission of a directed energy beam from a directed energy device includes a turret section for directing an energy beam. The assembly also includes a fairing section aft of and adjacent to the turret section. Each of the turret section and the aft fairing section are coupled to an aircraft. The assembly also includes at least one sensor for detecting air speed of the aircraft and air pressure. The turret section and the aft fairing section are configured and positioned relative to one another to direct airflow for generating an aeroacoustic resonance within a desired frequency range in an area aft of the turret section.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2012
Assignees:
Innovative Technology Applications, University of Notre Dame Du Lac
Inventors:
Alan B. Cain, Eric J. Jumper, Donald J. Wittich, III, Edward J. Kerschen, David Cavalieri, T. Terry Ng