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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...
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...
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...
7083139 Method for guiding a rocket  
Method for guiding a rocket ( 1 ) to a target, wherein, the rocket ( 1 ) being equipped with automatic guiding means with an image-formation device ( 10 ) and means for correction of the trajectory...
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...
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...
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...
6817569 Guidance seeker system with optically triggered diverter elements  
A guidance seeker system for a projectile includes a plurality of photoconductive sensing elements symmetrically disposed about a central axis of the projectile. When a target is illuminated with a...
6755373 Microwave radiometric guidance system  
A missile guidance system utilizing a single microwave radiometric sensor for both terrain correlation and target homing. Terrain correlation is used to get the missile within the acquisition range...
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...
6565036 Technique for improving accuracy of high speed projectiles  
A system for guiding projectiles to a target. More particularly, a system for the guidance of projectiles toward a target using a photo detector array ( 18 ) and an arrangement of single use...
6491253 Missile system and method for performing automatic fire control  
A missile system and method for performing automatic fire control in which a reconnaissance vehicle is used to gather video reference information of a target and this information is then...
6487953 Fire control system for a short range, fiber-optic guided missile  
A fire control system for a short range guided missile in which the system is contained on a vehicle such as a track vehicle that can be easily camouflaged from the enemy and including video means...
6462889 Conformal-dome optical system with rotationally symmetric stationary optical baffles  
An optical system includes a nonspherical outer dome that is rotationally symmetric about a central axis, a detector system, and an optical corrector positioned in an optical path between the outer...
6455828 Method for remote controlled combat of near-surface and/or surface targets  
The invention relates to a method for combating near-surface and/or surface targets such as tanks or the like by using a missile comprising a seeker head, an effective charge and at least one...
6398155 Method and system for determining the pointing direction of a body in flight  
A method to determine the direction in which a spinning projectile is traveling. A solar sensor array on the projectile is used to calculate the orientation of the axis of rotation of the...
6371405 Optical system for LADAR guidance application  
The present invention relates to a system for sweeping a laser beam in a preset pattern, while, at the same time, directing the pattern to any area in a predetermined scanning area. The invention...
6356396 Optical system having a generalized torus optical corrector  
An optical system includes a window, an optical corrector formed of a curved piece of a transparent material having a front surface and a back surface, and a sensor system with a sensor positioned...
6347762 Multispectral-hyperspectral sensing system  
The Multispectral-Hyperspectral Sensing System (MHSS) comprises a control center, a surveillance platform and at least one weapon battery with known sensing and destroying capabilities. The control...
6313951 Optical system with zernike-shaped corrector  
An optical system includes a curved window, an optical corrector adjacent to a curved inner surface of the window, an optical train positioned such that the optical corrector lies between the...
6310730 Optical system with asymmetric optical corrector  
An optical system includes a curved window, an asymmetric, scoop-shaped optical corrector adjacent to a curved inner surface of the window, an optical train positioned such that the optical...
6302355 Multi spectral imaging ladar  
One aspect of the invention relates to a laser ranging system. In one embodiment, the invention includes a laser adapted to transmit a beam of laser radiation to a target area, a plurality of...
6279851 Topography-aided guidance system and process  
In missile guidance systems, knowledge of the target's flight policy and doctrine, along with an analysis of local topographic features, are used in a minimum commitment guidance policy. By...
6219185 Large aperture diffractive space telescope  
A large (10's of meters) aperture space telescope including two separate spacecraft--an optical primary objective lens functioning as a magnifying glass and an optical secondary functioning as an...
6196497 Infrared seeker head for target seeking missile  
An infrared seeker head for target tracking missiles has a main detector and an imaging optical system generating an image of a field of view on the main detector. The field of view contains a...
6180938 Optical system with a window having a conicoidal inner surface, and testing of the optical system  
An optical system includes a window made of a curved piece of a transparent material having an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface has a nominal inner surface shape defined by a...
6079665 Hyperspectral air-to-air missile seeker  
A hyperspectral detection and seeking system for use in air-to-air, air-to-ground and ground-to-air missiles. The hyperspectral detection and seeking system includes a hyperspectral imaging system...
6043867 Tracking system that includes means for early target detection  
An interceptor fitted with a target tracker unit, that includes passive infrared tracker capable of sensing infrared radiation (IR) emitted from a flying target and being responsive to the sensed...
6042050 Synthetic discriminant function automatic target recognition system augmented by LADAR  
Synthetic discriminant function automatic target recognition system augmented by LADAR combines, through the synthetic discriminant function (SDF), the active LADAR data of the potential target...
6028712 Optical system and method for providing corrected optical images  
An optical system includes a housing having an axis of elongation, and a non-spherical window affixed to the housing. An optical corrector, preferably in the form of an aspherical strip of...
6023058 Photosensitive detector and mosaic of photosensitive detectors for the detection of luminous flashes and applications  
A photosensitive detector (1) for detecting luminous flashes (2) is provided with a photosensitive diode (3) which is linked to a positive voltage and to ground via a resistor R1 and which is...
5947413 Correlation filters for target reacquisition in trackers  
A system and method for target reacquisition and aimpoint selection in missile trackers. At the start of iterations through the process, distance classifier correlation filters (DCCFs) memorize the...
5881969 Lock-on-after launch missile guidance system using three dimensional scene reconstruction  
A system and method for recognizing a target and then guiding a projectile to that target. Initially, unique 3D features of the target are obtained and stored in a data base. The projectile is then...
5785281 Learning autopilot  
A learning autopilot for a vehicle provides the capability to command complex maneuvers or maneuver the vehicle when control by its ground station is not possible. A memory is used during a piloted...
5785275 Missile weapons system  
A missile weapons system with a homing head optical system and an alignment processor, in which the visual field of the homing head is adjusted to the size of the target by handing over the target...
5775643 Passive flow control aero-optical turret assembly  
The invention provides an aero-optical turret assembly that provides high Strehl ratios throughout a wide range of azimuthal look angles. The turret assembly includes a duct extending from aft of...
5762292 Apparatus for identification and tracking of objects  
Target acquisition device with an imaging sensor, a signal processing circuit and an evaluating circuit comprising a computer for implementing a gray-value analysis of the output signals of the...
5755400 Inertial instrumentation correction technique  
A technique for deriving correction signals for inertial instruments on a missile, such as an intercontinental ballistic or a cruise missile, is shown to include: a radar operative in a synthetic...
5564650 Processor arrangement  
A correlation processor arrangement is used to guide an airborne vehicle along a path precisely to a predetermined destination. Guidance is divided into three distinct phases, and during each phase...
5524845 Automatic target recognition system  
A potential target scenery image data is filtered and complex-multiplied h synthetic discriminant functions to produce a two-dimensional, cross-correlated surface. The surface is then analyzed to...
5467942 Temperature sensing optical system  
An optical sensing system for sensing the temperature at a first location, including: electro-optical unit for producing a modulated optical signal and a light guide unit for receiving and...
5341143 Hierarchical tracker and method  
Method and apparatus for guiding a projectile to a target in a scene using a scene imaging sensor in which the projectile has a guidance and control system for aiming the projectile. A first...
5341142 Target acquisition and tracking system  
An automatic target acquisition and tracking system has been developed for a focal plane array seeker. The automatic target acquisition is achieved by three independent target acquisition...
5323987 Missile seeker system and method  
A seeker system for a missile having a housing with a predetermined field-of-regard the system including an image detector adapted to be fixedly mounted to the housing having a predetermined number...
5294075 High accuracy optical position sensing system  
An optical position sensing system for sensing the position of a displaceable element. An electro-optical unit outputs a modulated optical signal and a chirped rf signal. The envelope of the...
5275354 Guidance and targeting system  
The invention provides a method and apparatus for recognizing physical objects, such as targets, through three dimensional image sensing. A three dimensional sensor, such as a solid-state LADAR...
5029220 Optical joint correlator for real-time image tracking and retinal surgery  
A method for tracking an object in a sequence of images is described. Such sequence of images may, for example, be a sequence of television frames. The object in the current frame is correlated...
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