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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Government of the United States, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Luke Hardy, USAFA, CO (US);
Michael Anderson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Bradley Bitting, USAFA, CO (US);
Trinity Good, USAFA, CO (US);
Anthony Neil, USAFA, CO (US);
Orval Powell, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Abstract
A radially firing munition defining a longitudinal axis and comprising a nonfragmenatary hollow collar having an inner surface and an outer surface opposed thereto with a first plurality of ports extending therebetween in a substantially radial direction. An ammunition is disposed in each port of the first plurality of ports and oriented outwardly from the longitudinal axis. An ignition source is provided for expelling each ammunition from the collar in response to an ignition signal.