Patent ID: 8371104

Claim:
An aircraft, comprising: a body having a propulsion system and an exhaust system located aft of the propulsion system for releasing an exhaust plume having an exhaust axis extending in a longitudinal direction; the exhaust system comprising: a nozzle having a throat, the nozzle and throat being completely enclosed by an aftbody about the exhaust axis in a radial direction to a nozzle exit station; the aftbody having a deck on a lower side and side walls on lateral sides of and extending upward from the deck about the exhaust axis, the deck and side walls extending aft from the nozzle exit station to a trailing edge of the deck, the deck being immoveable relative to the aftbody and defining a lower boundary surface for the exhaust plume, the aftbody being open above the deck from the nozzle exit station to the trailing edge of the deck; and a plurality of fluid injectors mounted to the aftbody for manipulating the exhaust plume between the throat and the trailing edge for redirecting a vector of the exhaust plume away from the exhaust axis.