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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Jaylan S. Jones, Tucson, AZ (US);
Frederick B. Koehler, Tucson, AZ (US);
Paul S. Macdonald, Tiverton, RI (US);
Ronald L. Roncone, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Regis Leach, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A dual-mode roll/nod gimballed seeker is configured to provide an unobstructed path for a forming-warhead penetrator. A nod assembly includes first and second seekers separately offset from the roll axis whose FOV overlap within a stand-off range to a target. A roll gimbal rotates the dome and nod assembly around the roll axis. A nod gimbal rotates the nod assembly about a nod axis over a nod FOR that causes the seekers to cross the roll axis and obstruct a path along the roll axis. At terminal, the nod gimbal rotates the nod assembly to a nominal nod angle at which the path is unobstructed to detonate the forming warhead and project a penetrator along the path through the dome. This alleviates the need for a precursor charge and saves precious volume in the airframe, which is of particular import for small diameter warheads, in particular those having a diameter of no more than 8 inches.