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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Jyun-horng Fu, Centreville, VA (US);
Lance Hamilton Benedict, McLean, VA (US);
Antonio Paulic, Arlington, VA (US);
Robert M. Krass, Ashburn, VA (US);
Jyun-Horng Fu, Centreville, VA (US);
Lance Hamilton Benedict, McLean, VA (US);
Antonio Paulic, Arlington, VA (US);
Robert M. Krass, Ashburn, VA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A surface ship, deck-launched anti-torpedo projectile is disclosed. The projectile has a blunt-end nose to create a cavitating running mode. The nose has a gradual, stepped, right-circular cylindrical or conic geometry. In some embodiments, the projectile includes a plurality of tail fins that are dimensioned and arranged to be within the generalized elliptical cavity that shrouds the projectile in the cavitating running mode.