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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip J Gold, Shelton, CT (US);
Donald L Fogler, Jr, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
89 4121 ; 244 1713 ;
Abstract
An integrated fire and flight control system of the type which controls aircraft flight dynamics to referenced values defined by a weapon launch solution to provide optimum aircraft to target orientation, further optimizes the aircraft's angle of attack (AOA) to the target by controlling the aircraft's vertical speed to modify the aircraft's rate of climb or descent as necessary to produce an actual pitch attitude that is within a range of AOA values corresponding to the range of permissive weapon launch vertical speeds recommended by the weapons manufacturer.