In October 2026 Airbus Defence and Space patented a removable airborne camera container for military aircraft, using a repurposed guided-missile casing for reconnaissance imaging.
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A camera container for military aircraft includes a removable outboard container, wherein the camera container is the casing of an adopted guided missile and has devices for detecting the guided missile by the aircraft, at least one autonomous camera system, casing elements of optically transparent material and also compensating masses and a pressure compensating valve.
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