Patent ID: 7093802
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: B64D,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An aircraft stores launch system comprising: a dome structure having a door and that provides a pressure boundary between a cavity inside the dome structure and a cabin outside the dome structure when said door is closed; a gate valve connecting said cavity to an exterior outside the aircraft wherein said cavity is depressurized when said door is closed and said gate valve is opened; a stores launcher inside said dome structure configured to receive at least one sealed sonobuoy launch container containing a store; and a pneumatic system connected to said stores launcher that forces the store from said stores launcher out of the aircraft, wherein the store remains sealed in the sonobuoy launch container until said pneumatic system provides a pressure that forces the store from the sonobuoy launch container, breaking the seal of the sonobuoy launch container and launching the store from the aircraft.