US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Peter B Johnson

Neil M Goldberg

Akwasi A Boateng

Charles A Mullen

Serin R Rao

Sudhir Seth

Edward A Brown

Bio-oil from a feedstock selected from mustard family seeds, mustard family seed presscake, mustard family seed defatted presscake, and mixtures thereof. The bio-oil is produced by a method involving (1) pyrolyzing the feedstock to produce bio-oil, bio-char and non-condensable gases, (2) removing the bio-char from the bio-oil, (3) condensing the bio-oil, and (4) precipitating the bio-oil.

Production of stable pyrolysis bio-oil from mustard family seeds, mustard family seed presscake, and defatted mustard family seed presscake

An active optical fuze for detonating a missile warhead at a prescribed re is disclosed in combination with an optical guidance system target sensing head for a missile which incorporates an assembly of optical elements for receiving radiant energy from a target and wherein the optical axis of the receiving assembly is automatically rotated by guidance controlled means in response to received guidance radiation so as to track the target. A lasing diode is utilized as the fuze radiation transmitting device, the lasing diode being coupled to the receiving optical assembly and disposed coaxially therewith for emitting radiation outwardly along the optical axis of the receiving assembly such that the fuze radiation is automatically emitted in the target direction when the receiving assembly is rotated to track the target. The receiving assembly optics is utilized not only to receive the guidance radiation from the target, but also to receive the fuze transmitter radiations scattered by the target, these two signals being recovered by a signal processing means within the optical receiving assembly.

Combined fuze and guidance system for a missile

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Hanna City, IL, United States of America

Peter B Johnson