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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2019
Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Kaz I. Teope, USAF Academy, CO (US);
Jacob B. Yarwood, USAF Academy, CO (US);
Lucas A. Fumagalli, USAF Academy, CO (US);
Kyle G. Senn, USAF Academy, CO (US);
Philip T. Strunk, USAF Academy, CO (US);
Michael L. Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The forward firing fragmentation (FFF) munition includes a body, a flight system carried by the body and configured to maneuver the munition in flight, and a warhead carried by the body and including an explosive configured to detonate and expel fragments in a pattern. A near field barrier (near field barrier), such as the guidance system, is carried by the body in front of the warhead and communicatively coupled via a communication link to the flight system. A fragmentation adjustment system is configured to physically displace the near field barrier relative to the warhead while maintaining the communication link between the near field barrier and the flight system until detonation of the explosive.