Countermeasures

Patents tagged Countermeasures

Sep 15, 2026

US12736296 - Methods for increasing the number of countermeasure expendables for dispensing systems

Various systems and methods for leveraging legacy countermeasure dispensing systems (CMDSs). The legacy CMDSs are leveraged through the expansion of breechplates and magazines in a CMDS by expanding the amount of expendables carried by a CMDS while still maintaining the legacy sequencer and dispenser in a legacy military platform, such as an aircraft. In addition, various circuitry systems are included in a circuit card of the breechplate for duplicating and/or expanding the firing lines provided in a legacy CMDS.

Sep 1, 2026

US12722779 - Modular magazines for countermeasure dispensing system and methods of use

A modular magazine of a countermeasure dispensing system. The modular magazine includes a main body, a pair of horizontal walls of the main body, a pair of vertical walls of the main body that extends between the pair of horizontal walls, and a set of partitions removably engageable with the main body at the pair of horizontal walls or at the pair of vertical walls. Each partition of the set of partitions is also adapted to support a set of countermeasure expendables inside of the main body. The modular magazine may also include one or more sets of compartments collectively defined by the pair of horizontal walls, the pair of vertical walls, and the set of partitions.