USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

George R Lanning

Frederick C Alpers

James D McLean

John Y Chang

Fred H Camphausen

A target locating and missile guidance system comprising reconnaissance araft equipped with laser or radar range-measuring apparatus in conjunction with a plurality of selectively predetermined ground stations. Range and altitude of the aircraft relative to a detected surface target are obtained at two or more points on its flight path. The positions of the aircraft with respect to the ground stations are simultaneously determined by pulse-time-of-arrival technique. Using triangulation techniques the location of the target is determined with respect to a pulse grid coordinate system associated with the ground stations. At any time after the determination of the location of the target, properly timed signals from the ground stations or command signals based upon time-of-arrival data with respect to pulses from the missile are used to provide accurate guidance of the missile to the target.

Target locating and missile guidance system

A passive ranging system for determining the range of a target radar by uizing the scan characteristics of the target radar. Receivers are placed on each of two aircraft flying in a specified formation. One aircraft relays detected pulse amplitude envelopes to the other aircraft. The second aircraft measures time delay between impacts of the main beam of the target radar on the two aircraft and a computer determines range according to equation R=D/K.DELTA.t where .DELTA.t is the measured time difference, D is the distance between aircraft and K is a constant depending on the type of target radar.

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George R Lanning