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The test item had been equipped with the Davis two-piece aluminum buckle which provided a quick-release capability. Suspenders, individual equipment belt – Adopt a set of individual equipment belt suspenders similar in design to those tested, but modified to increase adjustability by four inches. Carrier, intrenching tool – Adopted
The Fulton system in use The Fulton system in use from below. The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS), also known as Skyhook, is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States Air Force, and United States Navy for retrieving individuals on the ground using aircraft such as the MC-130E Combat Talon I and B-17 Flying Fortress.
A drop test is a method of testing the in-flight characteristics of prototype or experimental aircraft and spacecraft by raising the test vehicle to a specific altitude and then releasing it. Test flights involving powered aircraft, particularly rocket-powered aircraft , may be referred to as drop launches due to the launch of the aircraft's ...
Just prior to release, the aircraft activates the Release Consent discrete and sends the weapon an arming command using the MIL-STD-1553 interface. The SMS will verify that the weapon release conditions have all been fulfilled, and it will activate the signals (not part of the MIL-STD-1760 interface) that cause the weapon to be released.
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The two disengaging hooks are connected by a relatively tight and thin wire rope to the disengaging release clip located approximately at the center of the seaboat. The thin connecting wire rope is called the "Fore and After". The disengaging hooks are normally held safe from unintentionally dropping the seaboat by a pin in each disengaging hook.
A line-replaceable unit (LRU [1]), lower line-replaceable unit (LLRU), [citation needed] line-replaceable component (LRC), or line-replaceable item (LRI) [2] is a modular component of an airplane, [3] ship or spacecraft [4] (or any other manufactured device) that is designed to be replaced quickly at an operating location (1st line).
An F-14 Tomcat descends to make an arresting gear landing on the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) in 2002. An arresting gear, or arrestor gear, is a mechanical system used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands.