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7378626 Directed infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) system and method  
An agile, high-power, reliable DIRCM system that is easily extended to address sophisticated UV or UV-visible capable multi-band threats includes a missile warner having missile warning receivers...
7367525 Munition with integrity gated go/no-go decision  
A munition is presented which includes an integrity verification system that measures the integrity of the munition. When an integrity threshold is not met, engagement of the munition with a...
7354017 Projectile trajectory control system  
Trajectory is controlled by a control system having fins that de-spin a section of the control system relative to a projectile or missile. The control system also includes aero-surfaces that...
7353090 System, bus monitor assembly and method of monitoring at least one data bus of an aircraft  
A system is provided for monitoring at least one data bus of an aircraft. The system includes an aircraft adapted to control the operation of stores of a second predetermined type (e.g., Harpoon...
7350744 System for changing warhead's trajectory to avoid interception  
A system for increasing a warhead's chance of hitting a target comprises a system for causing the warhead to deviate from its projected trajectory so that it will have an increased chance of...
7348918 Mobile ballistic missile detection and defense system  
The present invention is directed towards a ballistic missile detection and defense system. The system of the present invention comprises a ship based interceptor or antiballistic missile, a...
7345265 Enhancement of aimpoint in simulated training systems  
Embodiments of the invention, therefore, provide improved systems and methods for tracking targets in a simulation environment. Merely by way of example, an exemplary embodiment provides a...
7341221 Attitude determination with magnetometers for gun-launched munitions  
A system and method for performing attitude determination for projectiles comprises a projectile; a plurality of magnetometers arranged orthogonally to one another in the projectile, wherein the...
7339537 Capacitive drive antenna and an air vehicle so equipped  
Disclosed are antenna embodiments and air vehicles so equipped that include a first antenna component, and a second antenna component, separated by a free space gap, where the antenna embodiments...
7333044 Rocket-powered sensor target assembly  
A rocket tube for housing a reloadable rocket motor is connected to a spacer element and a wire-rider element. A sensor target for reflecting radar signals is screwably attached to the rocket tube....
7273194 Weapon guidance system  
The centroid of the discrete components forming the overall radar return from a target onto which a homing weapon is being guided may not coincide with a desired aimpoint on the target. Herein...
7264198 Time-to-go missile guidance method and system  
A method and apparatus for guiding a vehicle to intercept a target is described. The method iteratively estimates a time-to-go until target intercept and modifies an acceleration command based upon...
7252270 System and method for launching a missile from a flying aircraft  
System for launching a missile from a launch region within the atmosphere of a planet, the missile being located within a flying vehicle before launching the missile, the system including a missile...
7249730 System and method for in-flight trajectory path synthesis using the time sampled output of onboard sensors  
Disclosed are a system, method, and program storage device implementing the method, of data fusion, wherein the method comprises determining pre-launch data affecting a flight of a self-sensing...
7248967 Autonomous velocity estimation and navigation  
Measurement of a spatial velocity vector in order to make determination of a geographical position possible. A spatial velocity meter includes an inertial measurement unit, a direction-sensing...
7233859 Method and device for planning a trajectory  
The present invention relates to planning of a trajectory for minimum threat exposure in a given geographical region. A trajectory is planned from a start node to a final node in a digital...
7219853 Systems and methods for tracking targets with aimpoint offset  
A target identification and tracking system includes a carrier vehicle and one or more tracking vehicles. The carrier vehicle may determine an aimpoint of a target from a high resolution image of...
7202809 Fast acting active protection system  
A fast acting active protection system for military vehicles defeats RPG (rocket propelled grenade) threats fired from close ranges. The system minimizes the hazard to troops and civilians nearby....
7193556 System and method for the measurement of full relative position and orientation of objects  
A system for measuring a position and orientation of an object in flight relative to a reference coordinate system is provided. The system including: three or more illuminating sources, each...
7190304 System for interception and defeat of rocket propelled grenades and method of use  
A method for intercepting and a defeating rocket propelled grenade (RPG) which includes the steps of detecting a thermal signature from a launch of the RPG; and cueing a narrow beam radar which...
7185845 Faceted ball lens for semi-active laser seeker  
A wide field-of-view optical system that may be used in determining a direction to a source of light, or for determine steering corrections to direct a vehicle toward a target, is disclosed. The...
7183966 Dual mode target sensing apparatus  
A dual-mode target seeking apparatus having a seeker dome defining an aperture and transmissive to microwave frequency energy of a first frequency and to light wave energy at a second frequency and...
7175131 Deployment and drive device for projectile control surfaces  
A deployment and orientation device for projectile control surfaces, the deployment being carried out by means of springs between a loading position in which the control surfaces are folded inside...
7175130 Missile steering using laser scattering by atmosphere  
A guidance system for a missile with a laser beam source located at a distance from the missile generating a modulated laser beam that is directed towards the missile. A group of backward looking...
7174835 Covert tracer round  
A covert tracer round has an infrared emitter of radiation mounted to its front, side or back. The radiation (which may be coherent or incoherent) is detected by a sensor that displays an image of...
7165742 Aircraft spiralling mechanism - B  
An aircraft 1 with a spiral inducing assembly 2 which is capable of inducing the aircraft to travel in a continuous spiralling motion without the aircraft rolling. Two fins 6 and 17 are...
7163176 2-D projectile trajectory correction system and method  
A 2-D correction system uses intermittent deployment of aerodynamic surfaces to control a spin or fin stabilized projectile in flight; correcting both crossrange and downrange impact errors....
7154429 Device for protecting military vehicles from infrared guided munitions  
A heat seeking missile decoy device mounted on a military vehicle to change the infrared signature of the military vehicle. The device is at ambient temperature when stored on the military vehicle....
7151478 Pseudo-orthogonal waveforms radar system, quadratic polyphase waveforms radar, and methods for locating targets  
In some pseudo-orthogonal waveform embodiments, a radar system transmits pseudo-orthogonal waveforms and performs multiple correlations on a combined single receiver channel signal. In some...
7150428 Beam laser atmospheric scattering trajectory guidance  
A guidance system for a missile utilitizes a laser beam source at a missile launch pad to generate a laser beam that is directed towards a target. A sensor on the body of a spinning missile detects...
7137599 Launcher with dual mode electronics  
A system and method for interconnecting analog legacy stores to both legacy and modern aircraft. One aspect of the invention provides for a dual mode launcher having a first interface for...
7137588 Ballistic target defense system and methods  
A method for ballistic target defense including identifying a launched ballistic target having a target launch point, a target launch direction, a target speed, and a target trajectory; launching a...
7133776 Attitude alignment of a slave inertial measurement system  
A method for attitude alignment of a slave inertial measurement system connected to a rotationally mobile platform supported by a vehicle that is stationary relative to a reference navigation frame...
7121502 Pseudo GPS aided multiple projectile bistatic guidance  
A guidance system for guiding each of several projectiles toward a moving target has a platform having a radar system for illuminating the target with a radar signal. Each projectile has a receiver...
7108223 Missile control system and method  
A missile includes a tail section having a multi-nozzle grid with both fixed nozzlettes, and movable, thrust vector nozzlettes. The movable nozzlettes may be configured in a number of discrete...
7105790 Process to control the trajectory of a spinning projectile  
A process to control the trajectory of a spinning projectile. The projectile's accelerations are measured by means of an inertial unit in three axes within a reference linked to the projectile so...
7104496 Active protection device and associated apparatus, system, and method  
An interceptor device for protecting a platform against an incoming threat is provided. The interceptor device comprises a housing and a countermeasure device. At least one detonating charge is...
7102113 Three-axis attitude control propulsion device and flying object comprising the same  
A three-axis attitude control propulsion device and a flying object like a rocket including the device are provided in which combustion gas for attitude control can be efficiently used. A...
7093799 Guided missile having a jettisoned protective cap  
A guided missile having a longitudinally extending airframe with a tip, a seeker head arranged in the tip and a window located in front of the seeker head for closing the airframe at the tip so as...
7083140 Full-bore artillery projectile fin development device and method  
A method and structure for a full-bore artillery projectile fin deployment device comprising a projectile stabilization fin comprising an aperture and a movable pawl; a rod comprising a head...
7080804 Hot-start navigation information distribution system  
A weapons system is disclosed that provides hot-start navigational information to the Global-Positioning-System receivers on missiles prior to flight. The system comprises a...
7079070 Radar-filtered projectile  
Disclosed is an autonomous radar guidance of an otherwise radar-directed projectile (RDP). The preferred embodiment uses an inexpensive radar receiver with an inexpensive slow wave antenna, placed...
7066427 Active protection device and associated apparatus, system, and method  
An interceptor device adapted to protect a platform associated therewith against an incoming threat having a trajectory by intercepting the threat in an intercept zone is provided. Such an...
7059560 System for determining the target range for a laser guided weapon  
A system for determining the distance between a target ( 4 ) and a laser guided weapon traveling towards the target ( 4 ). The system ( 1 ) comprises a laser designator ( 5 ) on a remote platform (...
7046823 Correlation tracker breaklock detection  
A system and method for detecting breaklock for correlation trackers. The inventive system includes a first circuit ( 50 ) for computing energy E L in a residual image, a second circuit ( 52 ) for...
7040570 Weather-agile reconfigurable automatic target recognition system  
Applicants' ATR system is weather-agile because it is comprised of a primary target sensing means that is capable of surveilling the target scene in foul or fair weather, and a secondary target...
7036767 Projectile seeker  
The present invention relates to a projectile seeker which comprises: (a) A hollow in the projectile for accommodating a light sensor; (b) A light sensor located within said hollow for sensing...
7032858 Systems and methods for identifying targets among non-targets with a plurality of sensor vehicles  
A plurality of sensor vehicles collect imaging data from an assigned location of a target region having targets and non-targets. The imaging data may be combined based on its location and the...
7032857 Multi-sensor guidance system for extreme force launch shock applications  
A projectile navigation system operable within an extremely high G-shock loading environment during the launch phase may include a set of Kalman filters configured to repeatedly calculate a...
7032856 Modern thermal sensor upgrade for existing missile system  
A method of mapping a first array to a second array is useful where (1) each of the arrays has pixels in sequential columns and rows and the first array has sequential integers identifying each row...
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