Patent ID: 7866246

Claim:
A method of rapidly dispensing countermeasures from a pod mounted on an aircraft comprising: providing a pod, said pod having a forward bulkhead and a rear bulkhead; said pod having a plurality of longerons where a first end of each of said plurality of longerons is connected to an inner end of said forward bulkhead and a second end of each of said plurality of longerons is connected to an inner end of said rear bulkhead; said pod having a nose cone affixed to an outer end of said forward bulkhead; said pod having a tail section affixed to an outer end of said rear bulkhead; said pod having a power supply affixed to said outer end of said forward bulkhead; said pod having a microcomputer affixed to said outer end of said rear bulkhead; said pod having a strongback where a first end of said strongback is connected to the inner end of said forward bulkhead and a second end of said strongback is connected to the inner end of said rear bulkhead; said pod having a plurality of lug adapters affixed to said strongback and a plurality of lugs affixed to said lug adapters; said pod having a plurality of sway braces affixed to said strongback; said pod having an aluminum main body skin forming a partial tube which is wrapped around and connected to said plurality of longerons, said strongback, said forward bulkhead and said rear bulkhead; providing a pair of mounting racks where a first end of said pair of mounting racks is connected to the inner end of said forward bulkhead and a second end of said pair of mounting racks is connected to the inner end of said rear bulkhead, said main body skin having a first edge connected to one of said mounting racks and a second edge connected to the second of said mounting racks; providing a plurality of side by side open compartments running the length of said main body skin between said forward bulkhead and said rear bulkhead and formed between said pair of mounting racks; providing an electrical wiring harness having a first end connected to a terminal block, having a second end connected to said power supply, a third end connected to said microcomputer and a fourth end connected to an aircraft umbilical mating connector, said electrical harness providing a plurality of connections to said side by side open compartments; mounting said pod to said aircraft; preventing a swaying of said pod when mounted to said aircraft; mounting a plurality of components of a countermeasure dispenser system within said pod; separating said plurality of components of said countermeasure dispenser system within said pod; and connecting electrically a terminal block to a power supply, to said plurality of components of said countermeasure dispenser system and to an aircraft umbilical mating connector.