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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2005
Chin Shiau, Tucson, AZ (US);
Andrew Facciano, Tucson, AZ (US);
Chin Shiau, Tucson, AZ (US);
Andrew Facciano, Tucson, AZ (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A multi-stage missile with plural stages adapted to be physically coupled to and decoupled from adjacent stages and a processor disposed on a single stage for controlling each stage thereof. In the illustrative embodiment, the processor includes a field programmable gate array. In the illustrative embodiment, the processor is disposed on stageof a four-stage missile and performs guidance and navigation functions for each stage and control functions for stagesand. In a specific embodiment, a serial bus interface is included for coupling the processor to electronic circuitry on each of the stages of the missile. In the best mode, the interface is an IEEE 1394b interface with a physical layer interface and a link layer interface.