Lightweight Composite Launcher Pod.

Abstract

This patent application discloses a lightweight composite launcher pod which includes a multiplicity of elongated launcher tubes that are accurately aligned in a composite material with the composite material having four outer sides wiht alignment surfaces on three of the sides and bearing and alignment surfaces on the other side, and the lightweight composite launcher pod being capable of serving as the shipping and storage container for rockets before launching of the rockets as well as for launching the rockets therefrom when mounted in a launcher structure.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1984
Accession Number
ADD011236

Entities

People

  • L. D. Hoffmeister
  • R. J. Thompson

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Containers
  • Launchers
  • Launching
  • Lightweight
  • Materials
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Shipping

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • ballistics.