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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Blake G. Crowther, Logan, UT (US);
Dean B. McKenney, Tucson, AZ (US);
Scott W. Sparrold, Tucson, AZ (US);
James P. Mills, Tucson, AZ (US);
Douglas M. Beard, Tucson, AZ (US);
Daniel C. Harrison, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
A programmable optical system that dynamically corrects or induces aberrations into the optical path of a missile seeker. The system is dynamic in that the amount and type of aberration may be changed while the missile is in flight. The dynamic correction is accomplished by means of deformations applied to a low-mass mirror or mirrors in the optical path of the missile seeker. The missile includes an aspheric dome, and the optical system is dynamically compensated for aberrations introduced by the dome as the seeker system is moved through the field of regard.