Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for the connection and linear separation of two elements, such as the two stages of a spacecraft, consisting in using a tube containing a pyrogenic-type material and a glue arranged around the tube, particularly in contact with the elements. The pyrotechnic triggering of the pyrogenic material causes heating and the melting or carbonisation of the glue and the separation of the two elements.

Abstract: A fixed-wing cargo aircraft having a kinked fuselage is disclosed. The fuselage contains a continuous interior cargo bay, and includes a forward portion, an aft portion, and a kinked portion forming a junction in the fuselage between the forward and aft portions. The kinked portion contains a transition region of the cargo bay and defines a bend between a forward centerline and an aft centerline. The kinked portion is formed with a forward transverse frame section, a separate aft transverse frame section, and a plurality of longitudinal frame elements extending between the forward and aft frame sections, the forward frame being coupled to an aft end of the forward portion and the aft frame section being coupled to a forward end of the aft portion such that the aft frame section is angled with respect to the forward frame section about a lateral axis of the cargo aircraft.

Abstract: An autonomous aerial vehicle for ventilating persons. The ventilation becomes necessary as a result of fires, accidents, or medical emergencies. In these and comparable cases, the aerial vehicle aids for ventilating a person quickly and independently of the transport links of a location or the traffic situation at the time so the state of the person is stabilized until the arrival of an emergency doctor or other rescue workers and the chances of survival improves. The aerial vehicle provides positional determination inside and/or outside buildings, recording of the surrounding area, ventilation of at least one person, and a communication method or mechanism.

Abstract: An aircraft (10) is described as including a reference axis extending along at least a portion of the aircraft, and a propulsion system having a thrust vector feature (43) defining generally a direction of thrust of the turbofan engine (18), the thrust vector feature (43) extending relative to a thrust vector axis, where the turbofan engine (18) is disposed on the aircraft with the thrust vector feature (43) oriented with respect to the reference axis of the aircraft.

Abstract: A flooring arrangement for an aircraft cabin and an aircraft with the flooring arrangement. The flooring arrangement at least one insulating layer for insulating the cabin; a wire mesh disposed above the at least one insulating layer; a carpet layer disposed above the wire mesh, the carpet layer and the wire mesh being in electrically conductive contact; and at least one resistive element connected to the wire mesh, the wire mesh being structured and arranged for being electrically connected to a conductive structure of the aircraft via the at least one resistive element. The resistive element allows transmission, from the wire mesh to the conductive structure, of electrostatic charges developed on the carpet layer, and impedes transmission, from the conductive structure to the wire mesh, of high current events experienced by the aircraft.

Abstract: A magnetic perimeter attachment for an interior space of a vehicle, such as an aircraft or other such vehicle. The vehicle flooring section includes a magnetic tape attached to the structural floor of a vehicle and a spacer panel magnetically coupled to the magnetic tape, where the spacer panel is located on the perimeter of the vehicle flooring section. The magnetic tape includes a carrier layer having an acrylic or rubber adhesive material, which is for bonding to a structural floor panel of the vehicle. The tape also includes a magnetic material deposited in the carrier layer. The magnetic material and the adhesive material are located on opposite sides of the carrier layer.

Abstract: A multi-domain operational system is provided. The system includes a data collection engine configured and operable to collect operational data from one or more collection resources within time constraints imposed by operational requirements. The system further includes a business rules engine configured and operable to execute a plurality of rules each of which comprise a plurality of conditions grouped in a sequence by a set of logical connectors. The plurality of rules are associated with a mission task. The system also includes a security engine configured to facilitate information sharing across multiple security domains based on one or more security protocols. The system further includes a mission manager software component configured and operable to manage operation of at least the data collection engine, the business rules engine and the security engine using a common information layer.

Abstract: An intensity adapting optical aiming system that automatically adjusts the intensity of the reticle to adapt to the light condition of the external light. The aiming system may be mounted to a weapon and the external light may be a weapon mounted light. The aiming system may include an illuminateable reticle and a light connector for transmitting light from the external light to the reticle.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods, wherein a device is attachable to a firearm and includes a pressure sensor configured to sense pressure generated from the firearm and provide a corresponding signal, a weapon movement sensor configured to sense at least one movement of the firearm and provide a corresponding signal, at least one processor; and memory including computer instructions, the computer instructions configured to, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to determine an event of the firearm based on the corresponding signal provided by the pressure sensor and the corresponding signal provided by the weapon movement sensor. Systems that include the device may record event data and transmit the event data to various user systems for situational awareness, record keeping, training, and other organizational or legal-process purposes.

Abstract: A container includes a transportation section and a drone section. The drone section has a drone place holder and a door. The drone place holder is accessible when the door is in an open position. The container includes a processor that is programmed to actuate the door to the open position, actuate a drone, fittable in the drone place holder, to fly out of the container, and actuate the drone to transport the container to a destination.

Abstract: Systems for securing fixtures to the floor of a transportation vehicle. The securing system has a simplified structure comprising a securing device with two C-profiles comprising a web extending between a top plate and a bottom plate, the profiles being joined by an omega-shape fishplate. Vertical lateral walls formed by the webs of the profiles are perforated.

Abstract: A console mounted pilot tray assembly includes an aircraft cockpit having a console. A seat is mounted in the aircraft and faces the console. A side stick is mounted laterally to the console and a leg receiving space is positioned under the console. A mount is positioned under and is mounted to the console. The mount includes a guide rail. A panel has a top side, a bottom side, a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. A slide attached to the panel and is moveably mounted to the guide rail. The panel is moved along the guide rail and under the console to define a stored position. The panel is moved to a deployed position. The deployed position is defined as the panel extending outwardly away from the guide rail and the console.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle electrical power system for use with a tethered aerial vehicle, and related methods are provided. The aerial vehicle electric power system includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) carried by an aerial vehicle. At least one electrical circuit is carried by the aerial vehicle. The at least one electrical circuit has a DC buck converter electrically in series with at least a portion of the plurality of LEDs. A tether is connected between the aerial vehicle and a power source positioned remote from the aerial vehicle. Electrical power is transmitted to the aerial vehicle and at least a portion of the plurality of LEDs through the tether. The electrical circuit minimizes variances in power supplied to the aerial vehicle and the plurality of LEDs.

Abstract: A remote controller for operating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a user input component configured to receive user input from a user and a communication circuit configured to transmit an instruction to operate at least one of the UAV or a load carried by the UAV based on the user input. The remote controller is configured to transform between (1) a single-hand operation mode that enables the user to control an operation of the at least one of the UAV or the load using the user input from a single hand while being held by the single hand, and (2) a multi-hand operation mode that enables the user to control the operation of the at least one of the UAV or the load using at least two hands while holding the remote controller using the at least two hands.

Abstract: A vehicle passenger cabin has a holding structure having multiple load introduction points, a multiplicity of support structure parts to be attached to the load introduction points, a lower base for delimiting a lower passenger deck, and a multiplicity of furnishing components to be fastened to the support structure parts. The holding structure has laterally on both sides one floor overhang as a lower delimitation of an upper passenger deck, extending from a laterally outer region of the holding structure radially inwards and at a distance vertically from the lower base. The structure parts are at least regionally curved or bent and are connected at an upper end and at a lower end to an upper and a lower load introduction points, respectively. The structure parts have a first receiving surface for receiving one of the furnishing components, which first receiving surface adjoins the floor overhang radially on the inside.

Abstract: A floor system for creating a floor in an interior of a vehicle has base part and a floor panel. The base part having a trough-shaped depression and the floor panel are attached to a floor support structure and together provide a customary installation height and also cavities for accommodating installation objects.

Abstract: An aerial vehicle for delivering a package. The aerial vehicle having a package deployment system coupled to the aerial vehicle. The package deployment system having a spool coupled to the aerial vehicle, a lowering line fixedly coupled to the spool at a first end, the lowering line having a second end secured to a grasping device, and a cutting device coupled to one of the spool or the lowering line. The aerial vehicle also having a package coupled to the grasping device and a monitoring system couple to one of the aerial vehicle or the package deployment system. The package deployment system is configured to deliver the package at a delivery location. The cutting device is configured to sever the lowering line to deliver the package. A method for delivering a package with an aerial vehicle having the package deployment system.

Abstract: A connecting apparatus includes a snap-fit member configured to be detachably coupled to a gimbal or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and including a body and an accommodation space in the body, a movable member arranged in the accommodation space and configured to rotate relative to the snap-fit member, and a connector fixed to the movable member and configured to electrically couple the UAV and a photographing device carried by the gimbal. The connector is in a to-be-connected status when the movable member is at a first position. The movable member and the snap-fit member are in a locked status when the movable member is at a second position.

Abstract: A transverse framework for an avionics bay of an aircraft is delimited by a primary structure and a floor, the transverse framework having a mesh structure with square and/or rectangular mesh cells. According to one arrangement, an avionics bay of an aircraft includes two longitudinal rows of avionics racks, parallel to the longitudinal direction and arranged on each side of a clear zone, and a transverse avionics rack supported by the transverse framework situated to the rear of the two longitudinal rows of avionics racks at the rear boundary of the avionics bay. This transverse framework makes it possible to optimize the space occupied by the avionics bay.

Abstract: The present disclosure corresponds to a floating floor attachment device connecting a flooring panel to a structural floor comprising a floor puck fixed to the structural floor and a puck housing connected to the flooring panel. The puck housing has a receptacle connected to the floor puck, wherein the receptacle forms with the floor puck a gap, which allows the floor puck to move within the receptacle. Additionally, the floating floor attachment device includes a gap control media, which is connected between the floor puck and the receptacle, wherein the gap control media allows aligning the floor puck with respect to the puck housing during non-load conditions and provide resistance to displacement to the floor puck during load conditions.