The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Jeffery Brandon DeLisio

Gregory M Fritz

Stephen L Bellio

William Whitcomb McFarland

Jesse M Carr

Sean George

Glenn Richard Thoren

Rebecca Ann DeFronzo

A tail for a projectile includes a body having a longitudinal axis. A steering assembly is secured to the body. The steering assembly includes a flap movable from a first position in which the flap does not extend radially beyond the body to a second position in which the flap extends radially beyond the body and at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis, and a flap release mechanism. A projectile including a tail according to the present disclosure is also provided.

Deployable flap for high-G maneuvers

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Arlington, MA, United States of America

Jeffery Brandon DeLisio