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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Lucian M. Sadowski, Stroudsburg, PA (US);
Sung K. Chung, Dover, PA (US);
John H. Whiteside, Elkridge, MD (US);
Tomas Cincotta, Lorton, VA (US);
Lucian M. Sadowski, Stroudsburg, PA (US);
Sung K. Chung, Dover, PA (US);
John H. Whiteside, Elkridge, MD (US);
Tomas Cincotta, Lorton, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A projectile comprises an imaging seeker at a front of the projectile; a front warhead behind the imaging seeker; a power supply; an electronics unit connected to the power supply and comprising a microprocessor circuit board, a voltage regulator circuit board, an inertial measurement circuit board and a fuze and safe and arm circuit board, all electrically connected to each other, the microprocessor circuit board also being connected to the imaging seeker; a rear warhead, the front and rear warheads being electrically connected to the safe and arm circuit board; a rocket motor electrically connected to the electronics unit; foldable fins mounted at the rear of the projectile; a shell that encases the front warhead, the power supply, the electronics unit, the rear warhead and the rocket motor; and a maneuver mechanism disposed in the shell and electrically connected to the microprocessor circuit board.