US 11,906,274 B2
Reconnaissance and communication assembly
Andrew Michael Carr, Portsmouth (GB); Timothy Keith Girling, Portsmouth (GB); and Murray Thomson, Portsmouth (GB)
Assigned to BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/753,388
Filed by BAE SYSTEMS plc, London (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051993
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/044118, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1912696 (GB), filed on Sep. 4, 2019; and application No. 2010979 (GB), filed on Jul. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316847 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F42B 12/36 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); H04K 3/00 (2006.01); B63B 22/00 (2006.01); B63G 1/00 (2006.01); F42B 10/56 (2006.01); F42B 15/10 (2006.01); B63G 6/00 (2006.01); B63G 9/00 (2006.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/20 (2023.01)
CPC F42B 12/365 (2013.01) [B63B 22/003 (2013.01); B63G 1/00 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); F42B 10/56 (2013.01); F42B 15/10 (2013.01); H04K 3/62 (2013.01); H04K 3/825 (2013.01); B63G 6/00 (2013.01); B63G 2009/005 (2013.01); B64U 70/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/20 (2023.01); H04K 2203/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reconnaissance and communication assembly, adapted to be launched from a gun barrel into the air, the assembly comprising:
a carrier; and
a payload;
wherein
the carrier comprises a cavity in which the payload is located,
the payload is arranged to be controllably expelled from the carrier after the carrier has been launched from the gun barrel into the air,
the payload comprises at least one transmitter operable after the payload has been expelled from the carrier such that the payload is separated entirely from the carrier, and
the at least one transmitter is configured to emit an electromagnetic jamming signal.