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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1983
Max Amon, Maitland, FL (US);
Nicholas B Saccketti, Tucson, AZ (US);
Martin Marietta Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An optical arrangement for use in boresighting a plurality of optical paths utilized in a missile beam guidance system, to the target trackers used therewith. A boresight module optical bed supports a plurality of retro-reflective optical assemblies in a closely spaced array, and nearby is a rotational optical assembly in which is mounted an integrated laser system for providing beam guidance to a missile. The rotational optical assembly also contains a plurality of target trackers, and in a first operational mode, the laser of the rotational assembly is successively utilized in conjunction with the retro-reflective optical assemblies in order to accurately and conveniently boresight the trackers. Thereafter, the trackers are used in the acquisition and tracking of a target, and the laser is utilized for guiding the missile to intercept the target.