Raytheon Company

Alexandra L Blake

David Brooke Hatfield

Darin Scot Williams

Richard J Wright

Rudy A Eisentraut

Nicholas Bert Saccketti

Lawrence A Westhoven, Jr

Peter J Drake

Embodiments of a guided munition are provided, as are embodiments of a method for equipping a guided munition with a self-deploying dome cover. In one embodiment, the guided munition includes a munition body, a seeker dome coupled to the munition body, and a self-deploying dome cover disposed over the seeker dome. The self-deploying dome cover is configured to deploy and expose the seeker dome during munition flight in response to aerodynamic forces acting on the self-deploying dome cover.

Guided munitions including self-deploying dome covers and methods for equipping guided munitions with the same

A frangible seal includes a first region penetratable by a deployable structure configured to selectably extend through an opening in a housing and extend beyond an outer surface of the housing, and a second region configured to adhere to a portion of the outer surface of the housing surrounding the opening. The first region and the second region includes a polymer layer having a metalized surface (e.g., aluminized polyimide) and a non-metalized surface, and an ablative coating provided on the metalized surface of the polymer layer.

Methods and apparatus for a frangible seal for deployable flight structures

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Alexandra L Blake