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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...
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7304296 |
Optical fiber assembly wrapped across gimbal axes
A control mechanism pins an optical fiber assembly on and off gimbal and between gimbals to route the assembly from an off-gimbal optical source across the gimbal axis/axes to an on-gimbal optical...
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7304283 |
Target tracking device for a flight vehicle
A target tracking device ( 2 ) for a flight vehicle ( 10 ) is specified which has a position-sensitive photodiode ( 4 ) with at least two signal outputs (A 1 , A 2 , A 3 , A 4 ) which are...
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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...
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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...
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7247852 |
Methods and apparatus for sensor systems
A sensor system according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a sensor viewing an area via an optical path and a strut at least partially interposed across the viewing area. The...
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7221436 |
System and method for optimization-based sensor steering and tracking
A method of tracking a target includes: (a) receiving energy from the target at a plurality of spatial orientations; (b) processing the received energy; (c) evaluating a penalty function at each of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7145734 |
Windowed optical system having a tilted optical element to correct aberrations
A system includes a dome window and an optical system having a central optical path that passes through the dome window. The optical system includes a refractive optical element having an axis of...
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7140574 |
Inertial position target measuring systems and methods
Systems and methods for contiguously and accurately updating target object information during an entire target engagement period are provided. The target tracking system includes a database for...
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7127138 |
Apparatus and method for directing a light beam to a target
An apparatus for directing light beams onto a target comprising a beam splitter for splitting a main beam into a first split beam and a second split beam; a first beam path for the first split...
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7121353 |
Airborne vehicle for firefighting
An airborne vehicle ( 1, 2, 10 ) which is equipped with an extinguishant container ( 12 ) for mist extinguishing is specified for efficient firefighting. A detonator ( 18 ) which is located on the...
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7076342 |
Attitude sensing apparatus for determining the attitude of a mobile unit
An attitude sensing apparatus for determining the attitude of a mobile unit is provided that can reliably estimate an alignment angle between a GPS antenna coordinate system and an IMU coordinate...
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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 (...
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7053993 |
Laser pointing sighting system with designator range finder
The invention concerns a laser pointing sighting system comprising a designator range finder ( 19 ) including means (E) for emitting a designating laser beam and reception means (R) for detecting...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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7007888 |
Inertial position target measuring systems and methods
Systems and methods for contiguously and accurately updating target object information during an entire target engagement period are provided. The target tracking system includes a database for...
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6978966 |
Reflector deployment error estimation
A system and method for performing in-orbit alignment calibration using on-board attitude sensors to improve reflector alignment after deployment to improve spacecraft pointing.
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6978965 |
Seeker for target-tracking missiles
A target tracking device for target tracking missiles having an electro-optical seeker assembly mounted in a missile structure through gimbals. The seeker assembly responds to target radiation and...
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6969025 |
Servo actuation systems
A dual servo system for a seeker actuator comprises a seeker head gimballed on a platform and driven in the pitch and yaw senses by respective fast, i.e. high bandwidth low ambit, servo...
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6959893 |
Light fighter lethality seeker projectile
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...
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6946642 |
Optical window assembly for use in a supersonic platform
An optical window assembly including an outer window, an inner window and a housing. The outer window and the inner window are mounted in the housing, holding the outer window and the inner window...
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6919840 |
Integration of a semi-active laser seeker into the DSU-33 proximity sensor
A proximity sensor for use with a guidance system of a smart bomb including a ranging radar proximity sensor configured for mounting on a smart bomb and a radome connected to the ranging radar...
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6903674 |
Procedure and arrangement for jamming laser measuring instruments
The invention concerns a procedure for emission of jamming signals for jamming of laser-based measuring instruments as a result of which systems for distance or speed measurement of targets using...
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6889941 |
Aircraft formation/refueling guidance system
An aircraft formation/refueling guidance system guides a follower aircraft relative to a leader aircraft. A datalink provides a position hold and a bias command from the leader aircraft to the...
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6877691 |
High altitude stripping for threat discrimination
A technique is provided that uses a dual mode seeker (IR and LADAR) for precise target dynamics measurement, which extends stripping to a much higher altitude than ground based radar. Initial...
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6871817 |
System containing an anamorphic optical system with window, optical corrector, and sensor
A system includes an optical system having a curved window with anamorphic symmetry about a first plane and a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The window may be, for example, in a...
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6871816 |
Proactive optical trajectory following system
A system for automatically correcting flight path of an aircraft onto a predetermined trajectory is provided. A sensor is configured to sense speed and direction of air relative to the aircraft at...
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6863244 |
Mitigation of angular acceleration effects on optical sensor data
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for compensating for optical sensor data corrupted by angular acceleration is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of...
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6851645 |
Non-coherent fresnel direction finding method and apparatus
A method and apparatus for finding a relative direction of received radiation is described. The received radiation is incident upon a window system at an angle and is transmitted therethrough. The...
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6817296 |
Imaging-infrared skewed cone fuze
A fuzing system for non-spinning or substantially non-spinning weapons is implemented by means of wide angle optics providing at least forward-hemisphere coverage, an array of infrared detectors...
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6789763 |
Method for operating an air-to-air missile and corresponding missile with autonomous or semi-autonomous modes
A method for operating a short range, air-to-air missile carried by an aircraft flown by a pilot. The missile includes a seeker operative to track a target. The method comprises providing a first...
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6779753 |
Optical assembly with a detector and a laser
A device for detecting attacking guided missiles with optical seeker head and for generating a laser beam directed to such guided missile has an all-around seeker with a detector responding to...
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6764041 |
Imaging device and method
An imaging fuse comprising a housing fixable within a receptacle at a fore end of a projectile, a coaxial support frame rotatably supported within the housing and fitted with an imaging assembly....
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6726146 |
Multiple model target tracking with variable sampling rate
A method of maneuvering target tracing is disclosed. The present invention relates to the field of target tracking and more generally to a method of employing multiple model and variable sampling...
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6724470 |
Laser assembly for ladar in missiles
A device for generating a laser beam in a LADAR system has a master oscillator with a laser-active medium and an amplifier stage in the form of a fiber optic power amplifier. This power amplifier...
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6705566 |
Active mirror guidance system
An active mirror guidance system for a vehicle is disclosed. The guidance system includes active mirrors to track a target. The mirrors are moved in response to disturbances detected by sensors or...
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6674520 |
Closed-loop infrared countermeasure system using a high frame rate infrared receiver with nulling sequence
A missile tracking and deflection system for protecting a platform includes a missile warning system for detecting the presence of a missile and generating a warning signal. A countermeasure...
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6672535 |
Camera systems for tracking objects from an aircraft
A camera system for tracking a target from an aircraft includes a camera with a moveable head, a user interface, and a control circuit. The target has target data indicative of a position of the...
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6672533 |
Method and guidance system for guiding a missile
The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for guiding a missile. In accordance with the prior art, the angle position of a target ( 9 ) when the missile ( 3 ) is expected to...
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6658985 |
Site head with integrated laser designator for use in aircraft such as a rotorcraft
Sight head with integrated laser designator for use in an aircraft such as a rotorcraft. The laser designator ( 32 ) is integrated into a zone of a main external assembly of the pod ( 14 ) of the...
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6626834 |
Spiral scanner with electronic control
A scanning device, typically ultrasonic, can make a volumetric scan of a conical scanning field. A transducer having a permanent magnet at its back end is gimbal mounted in a housing. Behind the...
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6626396 |
Method and system for active laser imagery guidance of intercepting missiles
A method for guiding an intercepting missile to a body-to-body contact with an airborne target in the atmosphere. The method includes the steps of guiding the intercepting missile to within an...
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6610971 |
Ship self-defense missile weapon system
The present invention provides a ship self-defense missile (SSDM) weapon system for launching a plurality of light weight missiles from an existing vertical tube launch infrastructure. The system...
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