US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Gregory L Johnson

Scott D Hill

John D Emerson

Darin L Kielsmeier

George W Snyder

Larry C Mixon

J Frank Wlodarski

Alexis P Von Spakovsky

John R Esslinger, Jr

James M Cole

John P Tipton

Robert N Evans

The Collapsible Support Frame for Kinetic Energy Penetrator supports a long-rod kinetic energy penetrator inside a kinetic energy missile air frame in handling and flight environments but, upon impact of the missile on the selected high-obliquity target, gives way. This greatly reduces the lateral loading inflicted on the penetrator by the interaction of the missile body and the target and consequently maximizes the effectiveness of the penetrator against the target. The Collapsible Support Frame comprises concentric outer and inner rings that are mounted inside the missile and designed to hold and support the penetrator. When the missile strikes the target and the extremely high impact shock loading conditions of the penetrator process occurs, the outer ring captures a high impact shock loading pulse and transmits it to the inner ring, whereupon the inner ring fails in its supportive function, thus freeing the penetrator.

Collapsible support frame for kinetic energy penetrator

A tandem warhead missile arrangement that has a composite material housing structure with a first warhead mounted at one end and a second warhead mounted near another end of the composite structure with a dome shaped composite material blast shield mounted between the warheads to protect the second warhead from the blast of the first warhead.

Lightweight blast shield

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Decatur, AL, United States of America

Gregory L Johnson