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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2021
Diehl Defence Gmbh & Co. KG, Ueberlingen, DE;
Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. KG, Ueberlingen, DE;
Abstract
A missile controller guides a missile along a flight path to a stationary or moving target object. The missile controller has at least one side-looking sensor, configured to record surroundings data and has a field of view aligned transverse to the longitudinal axis of the missile, and a control unit having a reception unit for receiving target object data regarding the target object. The target object data containing position data, orientation data and/or speed data of the target object. The control unit is configured to set the orientation of the missile during the guidance at least partly based on the received target object data such that the target object is located in the field of view of the side-looking sensor at least in sections of a final guidance phase.