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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1986
David D Lynch, Jr, Northridge, CA (US);
William H Bell, Springfield, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A command guidance weapon system comprising a radar target tracking system, and a weapon with small thrusters mounted on the periphery thereof and with a small beacon transmitter which is tracked by a ground-based fire control system is disclosed. A rapid terminal maneuver is executed by the weapon at an appropriate point in the trajectory of the weapon by sequentially firing the small thrusters. The angular orientation of the weapon is obtained by canting a polarized antenna, located on the rear of the weapon, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the weapon so that the signal transmitted from the weapon to the ground-based fire control system is modulated. The fire control system computes the precise time, based upon the angular orientation of the weapon and the distance between the weapon and the target, to initiate the terminal maneuver by the weapon, and sends a command signal to the weapon.