Covers airborne guns and cannon integrated into fixed-wing aircraft and rotary-wing platforms, encompassing rotary-barrel Gatling-type and single-barrel revolver cannon designs, feed and linkless ammunition-handling mechanisms, recoil management structures, barrel materials including chrome-lined and stellite-lined steel, and associated firing control electronics and gas-operated or electrically driven actuation systems.
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Sectors serving Weapons Systems companies:
Active Electronic Components •
Imaging and Visual Systems •
Sensors, Transducers & Detectors •
Terminals, Relays & Switching •
Inertial & Gyro Sensors •
Cockpit Displays •
Actuation •
Avionic Hardware •
Flight & Data Management •
Electrical/Electronic Connectors •
Passive Electronic Components •
Technical Consultants •
Structural Components •
Electrical Power Systems •
Design •
Metals •
Shielding •
Switches •
Valves •
Power Transmission •
Tubing, Hoses & Conduits •
Fluid Power •
Fibre Optics •
Design Software •
Computer Integrated Manufacturing •
Fasteners •
Mechanical Hardware •
Mechanical Connectors •
Composite Materials •
Turbine Engines •
Batteries & Accessories •
Bearings •
Non-metal Materials
Weapons Systems
Sectors purchasing from Weapons Systems companies:
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Airframe Assemblies •
Aircraft Operations
