US 11,952,114 B2
Deployable emergency situation awareness support system
Rami Skladman, Ra'anana (IL); Ron Bublitsky, Haifa (IL); Haim Korach, Tel Aviv (IL); and Ben Keshales, Moshav Beit Ezra (IL)
Assigned to ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD., Lod (IL)
Filed by ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD., Lod (IL)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/708,532.
Application 17/708,532 is a continuation of application No. 16/313,684, granted, now 11,312,489, previously published as PCT/IL2017/050720, filed on Jun. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 246554 (IL), filed on Jun. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0380041 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64C 25/24 (2006.01); B64D 3/00 (2006.01); B64D 5/00 (2006.01); B64D 17/80 (2006.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC B64C 39/022 (2013.01) [B64C 25/24 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 3/00 (2013.01); B64D 5/00 (2013.01); B64D 17/80 (2013.01); B64U 70/20 (2023.01); B64U 80/82 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
21. A method of operating a deployable device mounted onboard a carrier aircraft, the method comprising:
while the deployable device is carried onboard the carrier aircraft, operating at least one recorder device onboard the deployable device for collecting situation awareness data with respect to the carrier aircraft;
ejecting the deployable device from the carrier aircraft, responsive to an ejection request;
towing the deployable device by the carrier aircraft upon ejection; and
while the deployable device is being towed:
operating at least one data acquisition device for collection of situation awareness data with respect to the carrier aircraft; and
maneuvering the deployable device to enable the data acquisition device to collect the situation awareness data with respect to the carrier aircraft from a desired observation angle external to the carrier aircraft.