Air-dropped, precision-guided, payload delivery system

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1998-06-01

2000-02-01

Eldred, J. Woodrow

Aeronautics and astronautics

Safety lowering devices

2441373, 244 31, 2441371, B64B 104

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060193174

ABSTRACT:
A protective ballute for a payload launched from an airborne platform includes an elongated shroud member, gas delivery apparatus for filling the shroud member with a lighter-than-air gas to inflate the shroud member. A payload as ballast is provided at one end portion of the shroud member for rendering the ballute heavier than air. Flight control and guidance apparatus is carried by said shroud member for determining a flight path and attaining a predetermined target landing site. A mechanism carried by the shroud member releases the payload from the shroud member upon reaching the landing site while maintaining said shroud member in its inflated state. The shroud member then rises or "floats" away from said landing site to another removed location, or if desired will self-destruct.

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