An aerial refueling coupling attached to a hose of a tanker aircraft comprising an inner conical surface configured for receiving a probe of a receiver aircraft. The aerial refueling coupling comprises an illumination device attached to the coupling and configured to point to the inner conical surface of the coupling to illuminate the inner conical surface as a target for a laser seeker locatable in the receiver aircraft, to allow the guidance of the probe to contact the coupling.
SELF-ILLUMINATED COUPLING FOR AUTOMATIC AERIAL REFUELING
2017-06-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |
SELF-ILLUMINATED COUPLING FOR AUTOMATIC AERIAL REFUELING
European Patent Office | 2017
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