Article: California, Texas Inventors Develop Aircraft Decoy Flare Systems with Safe, Ignite Mechanisms

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23 -- Neal W. Brune of La Quinta, Calif., Andrew R. Dawson of Indio, Calif., George H. Wessels of Pflugerville, Texas, and Kevin M. Ford of Austin, Texas, have developed a safe aircraft decoy flare system.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pyrotechnic systems and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a pyrotechnic system includes a combustible material in a housing having a first and second portion. The first portion of the housing can have an inlet for receiving combustion products and the second portion can have an outlet to propagate combustion between the second portion of the housing and the combustible material. The system can ...

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