WO2002018729A1 - Installation d'entreposage - Google Patents

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WO2002018729A1
WO2002018729A1 PCT/GB2001/003866 GB0103866W WO0218729A1 WO 2002018729 A1 WO2002018729 A1 WO 2002018729A1 GB 0103866 W GB0103866 W GB 0103866W WO 0218729 A1 WO0218729 A1 WO 0218729A1
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air vehicles
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Angus John Fraser Murray
Neil William Simpson
Ian Matthew Watson
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Bae Systems Plc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
    • B64F1/22—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for handling aircraft
    • B64F1/222—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations for handling aircraft for storing aircraft, e.g. in hangars
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64F—GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B64F1/00—Ground or aircraft-carrier-deck installations
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H6/00—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages
    • E04H6/44—Buildings for parking cars, rolling-stock, aircraft, vessels or like vehicles, e.g. garages for storing aircraft

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  • This invention relates to a method of providing storage for air vehicles and to such storage facilities.
  • UAVs uninhabited air vehicles
  • UAVs uninhabited air vehicles
  • One option would be to keep them continually maintained as in an existing airfleet but this would be extremely expensive.
  • Another possibility would be to mothball or cocoon the UAVs in the conventional manner.
  • the methods used at present for the storage of air vehicles are relatively unsophisticated. Thus air vehicles are stored in a hangar or similar building without any air conditioning, rather than in a dedicated facility designed for the task.
  • the stored vehicles are inhibited and cocooned for storage and this provides a degree of protection from the environment.
  • During storage maintenance is not carried out on the air vehicles.
  • the consequences of the cocooning and lack of maintenance means that generation of the air vehicles to operational status takes weeks rather than days.
  • There is therefore a need for a storage facility which mitigates at least some of these disadvantages and which allows a commander to deploy UAVs immediately when the situation demands even though the UAVs may not have been in active service for several years, whilst not incurring substantial annual maintenance costs .
  • US Patent No 3,865,009 discloses a missile launcher for, e.g. a ship.
  • the launcher comprises a cluster of separate missile bays which are each completely enclosed and environmentally protected.
  • the document is concerned with self-contained missile bays.
  • British Patent Nos . 434,958 and 506,737 disclose arrangements for storing a number of aircraft .
  • US Patent 5,153,367 describes a cocoon system for a missile which incorporates environmental control.
  • US Patent 5,136,857 describes an airconditioning system for an aeroplane hangar e.g. used as a spray shop.
  • US Patent No. 5,119,935 describes a metal knock-flat container for a VTOL aircraft which may serve as a weather- tight hangar or as a take off and landing pad. There is no suggestion of providing environmental control of the atmosphere within the container.
  • French published Application No. 2,391,122A discloses an environmentally controlled container for containing two missiles .
  • this invention provides a method of providing a rapidly deployable plurality of air vehicles, which comprises storing said air vehicles within a building or a part thereof defining a generally enclosed space, controlling at least one of the temperature and humidity of the enclosed space, providing in said building or part thereof a main access door through which all of the air vehicles may enter and exit the enclosed space, and deploying one or more of said air vehicles when required.
  • the air vehicles and their systems may be maintained in optimum condition during the storage period, particularly with regard to corrosion.
  • building is to be construed broadly as meaning any permanent or semi-permanent structure constructed of suitable materials and/or prefabricated, to define an enclosed space within which air vehicles may be stored and manoeuvred.
  • both of the temperature and humidity of said enclosed space are controlled.
  • the relative humidity is preferably stabilised, typically to be about 45% (e.g. ⁇ 5%) relative humidity.
  • the pressure within the enclosed space is maintained at above ambient pressure.
  • the enclosed space preferably also includes suitable support vehicles and/or equipment.
  • the main access door is the sole entry/exit point through which the vehicles may enter and leave the enclosed space.
  • said main entry/exit point remains closed apart from when the vehicles are loaded into the space, or are finally removed from the space, or are on active duty.
  • said air vehicles are stored in an accessible fashion to allow ready access for maintenance.
  • the air vehicles are also advantageously stored in a manner to allow a manoeuvring space for manoeuvring for maintenance or for passage to or from the main access door.
  • an airlock allowing pedestrian access into the enclosed space.
  • said air vehicles are stored in stacked fashion, e.g. on two levels.
  • this invention provides an air offensive and/or defensive system comprising a building or part thereof defining a generally enclosed space for storing a plurality of air vehicles, an environmental control system for controlling at least one of the temperature and humidity of the enclosed space, and a main access door provided within said building or part thereof, through which in use all of the air vehicles may enter or exit the enclosed space.
  • said air vehicles are maintained in a state ready for immediate deployment .
  • the building is preferably resistant to attack by nuclear, biological and/or chemical weapons.
  • said environmental control system is operable to maintain the pressure within said enclosed space at a pressure above ambient.
  • said enclosed space includes a plurality of respective storage locations for storing each of said air vehicles, and a common manoeuvring ground area intermediate said storage -locations and said main access door.
  • each of said storage locations is dimensioned and located relative to the or each adjacent storage location to provide maintenance access. This typically will allow maintenance personnel to walk around each air vehicle.
  • Pedestrian access to the enclosed space may be provided by an airlock.
  • said enclosed space includes means for storing said air vehicles at at least two different levels, e.g. ground and at an elevated level.
  • said enclosed space includes a plurality of platforms each for supporting an air vehicle, and means for raising said platform above ground level to allow a further air vehicle to be located beneath said platform.
  • said system also includes further accommodation adjacent said enclosed space. The further accommodation may comprise rooms for storage, workshop, administration and personnel. Whilst the invention has been described above it extends to any inventive combination of the features set out above or in the following description.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the ground and first floor of an environmentally controlled storage facility in accordance with this invention
  • Figure 2 is an internal elevation taken on lines II -
  • a hangar type building 10 having an environmentally controlled chamber 12 in which are stored twelve air vehicles 14 together with support vehicles and equipment 16 such as trucks and other equipment or vehicles associated with the air vehicles, and providing support to, or forming part of, the operating environment of the air vehicle.
  • support vehicles and equipment 16 such as trucks and other equipment or vehicles associated with the air vehicles, and providing support to, or forming part of, the operating environment of the air vehicle.
  • fluids e.g. fuel
  • the hangar building 10 also includes sufficient additional accommodation facilities to store and maintain the complete fleet of twelve air vehicles.
  • the air vehicles can be generated from storage more rapidly than conventionally stored air vehicles because the controlled storage conditions negate the need for extensive post storage maintenance required as a consequence of current storage methods .
  • three air conditioning units 18 which maintain the enclosed environment at a controlled temperature and a humidity of about 45% relative humidity.
  • the units also maintain the atmosphere within the facility at a pressure slightly above ambient thereby positively to prevent the ingress of ambient air which will contain harmful moisture and other contaminants .
  • Access to and from the enclosed slightly above atmospheric pressure environment 12 is provided by main doors 20 through which the vehicles may enter or leave, and also by an airlock arrangement 22 which allows access for pedestrians and the smaller units of equipment.
  • the airlock 22 is of conventional form with inner and outer doors 24, 26 respectively.
  • the air vehicles 14 are stored on two levels; the vehicles 14 on the upper level are carried on a hydraulically or electrically raised platform 28 which can be moved between the upper and lower storage levels .
  • the environmentally controlled chamber is sized to accommodate the air vehicles for which it is intended, with sufficient space surrounding the vehicles to enable maintenance to be carried out . Walkways are provided around the upper storage level to facilitate maintenance access. Because the entire chamber 12 is environmentally controlled and maintained at a pressure above ambient there is no need for partitioning or the like so that individual air vehicles can be stored in separate environmentally controlled compartments; instead the chamber comprises a single enclosed space.
  • Attached to the environmentally controlled chamber 12 is additional space for providing office, workshop and stores accommodation for the maintenance crew. This accommodation may be conditioned or unconditioned, but the environment will normally be sufficiently different from that in the air vehicle storage area to require airlock access.
  • main doors 20 are shown as single doors (i.e. without an airlock), it will be appreciated that an airlock arrangement could be provided.
  • the system can of course be tailored to accept different sizes of air vehicles, to adjust the proportion of office space relative to air vehicle storage space.
  • the facility could also be used for storing conventional air vehicles etc.
  • the environmentally controlled storage facility as described provides a facility whereby air vehicles may be stored for many years but can be generated rapidly in times of need (for example peacekeeping, regional conflict, full scale war etc.) .
  • the facility means that the air vehicles are in a state of readiness whereby they can be ready for action within a few days . Likewise when they are no longer needed, the vehicles can be rapidly re-stored.
  • the absence of any cocooning or other inhibitory protection means that the air vehicles may be kept in peak condition at all times. Furthermore the facility provides easy access to each of the air vehicles without having to move vehicles to gain access to others.

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Abstract

Cette invention se rapporte à une installation d'entreposage (10) à environnement contrôlé, destinée à une flotte de véhicules aériens de déploiement rapide (14) et comprenant à cet effet une zone d'entreposage fermée à environnement contrôlé (12) formant un espace d'entreposage pour plusieurs véhicules aériens (14) et qui est facile d'accès. Cette zone d'entreposage (12) pour les véhicules aériens peut également contenir des véhicules d'assistance et des équipements au sol (16). Pour former une unité autonome, des espaces bureaux, des magasins et des salles de repos pour les équipages peuvent être prévus à proximité adjacente de la zone d'entreposage (12) des véhicules aériens.
PCT/GB2001/003866 2000-08-29 2001-08-29 Installation d'entreposage WO2002018729A1 (fr)

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CH704525A1 (de) * 2011-02-28 2012-08-31 Peter Gadient Junior Parkhaus.
WO2016059555A1 (fr) * 2014-10-13 2016-04-21 Systems Engineering Associates Corporation Systèmes et procédés permettant le déploiement et le fonctionnement de véhicules aériens sans pilote à décollage et atterrissage verticaux (vtol)
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US3865009A (en) 1973-09-13 1975-02-11 Us Navy Launcher mount
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FR2391122A1 (fr) 1977-05-16 1978-12-15 Bachmann & Cie Equipement pour la conservation d'un materiel sensible en atmosphere a hygrometrie controlee
EP0228552A1 (fr) * 1985-11-27 1987-07-15 Siegfried Silzle Hangar pour avion
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US5119935A (en) 1991-01-29 1992-06-09 Grumman Aerospace Corporation VTOL aircraft convertible shipping container and method of use
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US5153367A (en) 1991-09-17 1992-10-06 Fmc Corporation Cocoon launcher and storage system
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GB434958A (en) 1934-03-12 1935-09-12 Thornycroft John I & Co Ltd Improvements in or relating to high speed aircraft carriers
GB506737A (en) 1937-11-29 1939-05-30 Thomas James Joseph Wasley Improvements in or relating to the launching of aircraft
US3954197A (en) * 1971-08-27 1976-05-04 Dean Charles W Method of storing aircraft
US3865009A (en) 1973-09-13 1975-02-11 Us Navy Launcher mount
FR2391122A1 (fr) 1977-05-16 1978-12-15 Bachmann & Cie Equipement pour la conservation d'un materiel sensible en atmosphere a hygrometrie controlee
EP0228552A1 (fr) * 1985-11-27 1987-07-15 Siegfried Silzle Hangar pour avion
FR2602814A1 (fr) * 1986-07-28 1988-02-19 Sofreavia Abri enterre notamment pour aeronefs, tels que des avions de combat
US5136857A (en) 1990-06-07 1992-08-11 Taikisha Ltd. Air conditioning system for use in aeroplane hangar
US5119935A (en) 1991-01-29 1992-06-09 Grumman Aerospace Corporation VTOL aircraft convertible shipping container and method of use
US5153367A (en) 1991-09-17 1992-10-06 Fmc Corporation Cocoon launcher and storage system
FR2759973A1 (fr) * 1997-02-27 1998-08-28 France Etat Procede de stockage temporaire d'un materiel dans une unite autonome a taux d'hygrometrie controle et unite correspondante

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US20110302175A1 (en) * 2010-06-04 2011-12-08 Bae Systems Bofors Ab Central service platform and services for fleet maintenance and management
CH704525A1 (de) * 2011-02-28 2012-08-31 Peter Gadient Junior Parkhaus.
WO2016059555A1 (fr) * 2014-10-13 2016-04-21 Systems Engineering Associates Corporation Systèmes et procédés permettant le déploiement et le fonctionnement de véhicules aériens sans pilote à décollage et atterrissage verticaux (vtol)
WO2018000087A1 (fr) * 2016-06-27 2018-01-04 Drone Delivery Canada Corp. Localisation d'atterrissage et de décollage d'un véhicule aérien sans pilote
US10625879B2 (en) 2016-06-27 2020-04-21 Drone Delivery Canada Corp. Location for unmanned aerial vehicle landing and taking off
US11027858B2 (en) 2016-06-27 2021-06-08 Drone Delivery Canada Corp. Location for unmanned aerial vehicle landing and taking off
US11181933B2 (en) 2016-06-27 2021-11-23 Drone Delivery Canada Corp. Location for unmanned aerial vehicle landing and taking off
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