Patent ID: 6745981
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: B64C,B64D,H01Q

Abstract:
A sensor pod assembly for an aircraft, the aircraft having a fuselage with a longitudinal axis, wings, control surfaces and propulsion systems, the sensor pod comprising;an elongated tubular shaped pod having a longitudinal axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft having front and rear ends, said pod positioned above the fuselage of the aircraft; said pod including: dish type communication antennas in said front and rear ends of said pod; and a steered array radar antenna mounted in said middle top portion of said pod, said steered array antenna rotatable about said longitudinal axis of said pod; first and second front structural supports having first ends coupled to the fuselage of the aircraft on either side of the longitudinal axis thereof and second ends coupled to the front end of said pod; first and second rear structural supports having first ends coupled to the fuselage of the aircraft on either side of the longitudinal axis thereof and second ends coupled to the rear end of said pod; and a fifth structural support aligned with the longitudinal axis of the aircraft having a first end attached to the fuselage of the aircraft a second end attached to the sensor pod.