Patent ID: 8096507

Claim:
An aircraft turret and fairing assembly for facilitating transmission of a directed energy beam from a directed energy device, said aircraft turret and fairing assembly comprising: a turret section for directing an energy beam; a fairing section aft of and adjacent to said turret section, each of said turret section and said aft fairing section coupled to an aircraft; a tapered fairing portion aft of said turret section and a fairing lip portion aft of said tapered fairing portion, said fairing lip portion comprising a cavity, wherein said tapered fairing portion comprises a cover moveable from a closed position to an open position, and a cutout portion that is exposed when said cover is in the open position; and at least one sensor for detecting air speed of the aircraft and air pressure, wherein said turret section and said aft fairing section are configured and positioned relative to one another to direct airflow for generating an aeroacoustic resonance within a desired frequency range in an area aft of said turret section.