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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Coulton T. Sadler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian J. Lukow, Tucson, AZ (US);
Christopher Matthew Turner, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A munition has an explosive charge with direction explosive characteristics, such as a nonuniform detonation velocities. The explosive charge may have multiple portions of explosives with nonuniform characteristics, and/or may have portions with graded nonuniform characteristics. The explosive charge may be used to propel a material from the munition in a desired manner. For example the material may be fragments that are part of a fragmentation munition. Alternatively the material may be a layer of a material, such as a metal, that produces an explosively formed penetrator or shaped charge. The explosive charge may be configured to control the spread and/or direction of the material to be propelled from the munition.