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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Gary Willenbring, Waconia, MN (US);
William Durand, Edina, MN (US);
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US);
Abstract
A precision guided munition (PGM) system is disclosed. The PGM system comprises a body including a nose portion. The nose portion includes an aperture. A window is attached, secured, or adhered to the body at the nose portion. One or more antenna substrates is attached, secured, or adhered to the window. A plurality of radiating elements is attached, secured, or adhered to the one or more antenna substrates. An image sensor configured to capture an image in front of the body. The image sensor is behind the aperture and is configured to focus at an infinity focus in front of the body. The one or more antenna substrates include unpopulated areas configured to let photons pass through the antenna substrates from the window to the image sensor. The photons are parallel or collimated and the captured image does not include features of the antenna substrates.