Patent ID: 11952114
Assignee: ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 20:
21. A method of operating a deployable device mounted onboard a carrier aircraft, the method comprising:
while the deployable device is carried onboard the carrier aircraft, operating at least one recorder device onboard the deployable device for collecting situation awareness data with respect to the carrier aircraft;
ejecting the deployable device from the carrier aircraft, responsive to an ejection request;
towing the deployable device by the carrier aircraft upon ejection; and
while the deployable device is being towed:
operating at least one data acquisition device for collection of situation awareness data with respect to the carrier aircraft; and
maneuvering the deployable device to enable the data acquisition device to collect the situation awareness data with respect to the carrier aircraft from a desired observation angle external to the carrier aircraft.