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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Drs Sustainment Systems, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael T. Fox, St. Charles, MO (US);
Michael C. Mareschal, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Jeffery P. Bertram, Shrewsbury, MO (US);
Jeffrey S. Folmer, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Bruce E. Exely, St. Louis, MO (US);
DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEMS, INC., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Multiple independently gimbaled devices, such as an electro-optical sensor and machine gun, are mounted to a rotating platform on a vehicle. The platform can rotate to prevent one device from blocking the other while aiming at an off-board location. A control system can harmonize the rotation of the device gimbals and rotating platform so that they remain pointed at the same location. The platform can be rotated to place a firing weapon downwind of a sensor or otherwise compensate for effects of one on the other.