Buck Werke Gmbh & Co.

Matthias Grosse

Roland Gauggel

Michael Arnold

Reinhardt Kruger

Norbert Tranapp

An unmanned cruise missile includes a swingable tracker having a homing head which detects targets using optical, infra-red, and/or radar wavelengths. The homing head is mounted on an internal two-axis cardanic roll-pitch tracking system which includes a cylinder mounted for rotation about a roll axis. The homing head is mounted on a pitch bearing which is rotatable relative to the cylinder about a pitch axis. The homing head is rotatable relative to the pitch bearing about a yaw axis. A mirror of the homing head has a recess formed therein to enable the homing head to swing a greater distance without abutting the cylinder.

Missile with swingable tracker

A missile, in particular for combatting moving targets, has several propulsion units arranged one after the other along the longitudinal axis of the missile. At least two propulsion units arranged one after the other can be operated simultaneously, and the missile contains an ignition control that is set up for optional ignition of these propulsion units at the same time or successively.

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Aufham, Germany

Matthias Grosse