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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
May. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Joseph M. Owen, III, Merrimack, NH (US);
Jeffrey L. Jew, Brookline, NH (US);
Ian B. Murray, Amherst, NH (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 3/786 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/7864 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G02B 26/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bi-static optical system utilizing a separate transmit and receive optical train that are identically steerable in azimuth-over-elevation fashion while accommodating an autoboresight technique and function. Further provided may be a common elevation assembly with two opposite-facing elevation fold mirrors on either side that are controlled by the same motor assembly allowing for common elevation control without overlapping or combining the apertures.