Abstract: The present invention concerns an arrangement (1) configured for storing and launching a payload (3) and a method for launching the payload (3) from the arrangement (1). A body (9) of the arrangement (1) comprises a compartment (15) configured to store and eject the payload (3). An aerodynamic surface (11) of the body (9) is provided with a launch opening (13) comprising a guideway (17) extending from the compartment (15). A sliding portion (12) of the payload (3) is configured to slide along the guideway (17) and through the launch opening (13) upon ejection. The extension of the guideway (17) inclines with an acute angle (?) relative the normal (N) to the centre line (CL) of the elongated body (9).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for launching a payload (3) by means of an arrangement (1), which is configured for storing and launching a payload (3). A launch compartment (5) of the arrangement (1) is configured to eject the payload (3) from the launch compartment (5) via a push-out chamber (7) to an airflow (AF), which during use of the arrangement (1) flows over an aerodynamic surface (9) of the arrangement (1). An air intake (13) is formed in the aerodynamic surface (9) and is coupled to the push-out chamber (7) and/or launch compartment (5) via an internal air transfer arrangement (17) comprising an openable closure member (11) configured to close and open the internal air transfer arrangement (17).

Abstract: A fastener for attaching a magazine to a breech plate, including a circular longitudinal body including at least one protrusion, an upper guide block having at least one slot adapted to cooperate with the protrusion, where the body is provided with a key grip at an upper end and a receiving opening at a lower end, where the fastener is provided with a release position in which the body is in a first rotational position, a set position in which the body is rotated by a first rotational degree from the release position, and a lock position in which the body is rotated by a second rotational degree from the release position. The advantage of the invention is that a magazine can be attached to and removed from an aircraft in a fast and easy way.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an arrangement (1) configured for storing and launching a payload (3) and a method for launching the payload (3) from the arrangement (1). A body (9) of the arrangement (1) comprises a compartment (15) configured to store and eject the payload (3). An aerodynamic surface (11) of the body (9) is provided with a launch opening (13) comprising a guideway (17) extending from the compartment (15). A sliding portion (12) of the payload (3) is configured to slide along the guideway (17) and through the launch opening (13) upon ejection. The extension of the guideway (17) inclines with an acute angle (?) relative the normal (N) to the centre line (CL) of the elongated body (9).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for launching a payload (3) by means of an arrangement (1), which is configured for storing and launching a payload (3). A launch compartment (5) of the arrangement (1) is configured to eject the payload (3) from the launch compartment (5) via a push-out chamber (7) to an airflow (AF), which during use of the arrangement (1) flows over an aerodynamic surface (9) of the arrangement (1). An air intake (13) is formed in the aerodynamic surface (9) and is coupled to the push-out chamber (7) and/or launch compartment (5) via an internal air transfer arrangement (17) comprising an openable closure member (11) configured to close and open the internal air transfer arrangement (17).

Abstract: A cassette designed for accommodating a payload. The cassette is exposed to an air flow when dispensed from a vehicle in motion. The cassette includes a base portion and a peripheral supporting portion connected to each other. The base portion and the peripheral supporting portion form a space for the accommodation of the payload. An opening is arranged in the cassette opposite the base portion. Through the opening the pay load can exit. The base portion includes at least one orifice through which the air flow will flow pressing against and separating the payload from the cassette when dispensed from the vehicle.

Abstract: A decoy material dispenser. An elongated decoy material package includes an elongated strip-shaped container including a plurality of depressions receiving decoy material. A cover covers and hermitically seals the container. A gripping portion cooperates with a feeder including a gripper. A housing includes a storage section that stores the package. An outlet releases the decoy material. A waste collection section collects empty packages. A feeder device feeds the package from the storage section to the outlet and to the waste collection section. The feeder device includes a feeder and a driver. The feeder includes a gripper that cooperates with the gripping portion. The package is oriented in the dispenser such that the cover is directed towards the outlet and the container is directed away from the outlet. A force applicator applies pressure to the container. A package opener opens, cuts or perforates the package to release the decoy material.

Abstract: A decoy material package and a dispenser. The package is intended for use in the dispenser. The package includes an elongated container including a strip, a plurality of depressions, which are to be filled with decoy material, and a cover, which is sealed to the container when the depressions have been filled with decoy material and which covers the container, whereby the decoy material is hermetically stored in the depressions of the package. A gripping portion cooperates with a feeder including a gripper in the decoy material dispenser.

Abstract: A cassette designed for accommodating a payload. The cassette is exposed to an air flow when dispensed from a vehicle in motion. The cassette includes a base portion and a peripheral supporting portion connected to each other. The base portion and the peripheral supporting portion form a space for the accommodation of the payload. An opening is arranged in the cassette opposite the base portion. Through the opening the pay load can exit. The base portion includes at least one orifice through which the air flow will flow pressing against and separating the payload from the cassette when dispensed from the vehicle.

Abstract: A radar reflector which can be deployed from an aircraft and is intended to fly freely after deployment, and which includes multiple reflector surfaces that are essentially plane in an operative state and which issue in pairs in opposite directions from an essentially plane base plane. The radar reflector before deployment can be stored compactly, packed up into the minimum possible volume. This facility for packing the radar reflector up has been achieved in that its reflecting main surfaces have each been divided up by means of specially aligned buckled folds into a plurality of parts which can be folded in towards one another when the reflector is to be folded up.

Abstract: A radar reflector including a first and a second radar corner. The radar corners are formed by an essentially rectangular first flat plate and a second and a third essentially flat plate arranged perpendicular to the first plate at two perpendicular edges of the first plate and to meet the two edges of the first plate. The second and the third plates of the first radar corner are arranged to meet two different perpendicular edges of the first plate than the second and third plate of the second radar corner. In order to obtain a less bulky storing and a more easily controlled ejection process the second and third plate of each radar corner are rotatable at the meeting edge of the first plate from a folded position in which the plates are essentially parallel with and close to the first plate to an unfolded position in which the plates are essentially perpendicular to the first plate.