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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...
7338010 Air-launchable aircraft and method of use  
An air-launched aircraft includes deployable wings, elevons, and vertical fins that deploy from a fuselage during flight. The aircraft may include a control system for operating the elevons, a...
7337743 High lift authority marine control system  
A control surface system for a marine vehicle is provided. The control surface system includes a control member having at least two control portions fixedly connected at a predetermined spacing...
7267298 Method for correcting the flight path of ballistically fired spin-stabilised artillery ammunition  
At very low apparatus expenditure, namely with a canard system which is adjustable in a single-axis mode, it is possible to achieve a spatially two-dimensional trajectory correction in respect of...
7255304 Tandem motor actuator  
The invention relates to an actuator system for a projectile having a first and second pair of opposing steering fins disposed in a transverse plane of the projectile. The first pair of opposing...
7255044 Projectile having circumferential members for varying a base cone angle of the projectile as a function of speed  
A method for enhancing an aerodynamic performance of an unmanned projectile. The method including at least one of the following: (a) morphing a cross-sectional shape of the projectile after launch...
7246539 Apparatus for actuating a control surface  
An apparatus for actuating a control surface includes a first spur gear; a first drive assembly engaged with the first spur gear; a second spur gear; and a second drive assembly engaged with the...
7219579 Apparatus and method for actuating control surfaces  
An apparatus for actuating a control surface includes a first spur gear, a first drive assembly engaged with the first spur gear, a second spur gear, a second drive assembly engaged with the second...
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...
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...
7150234 Finless training projectile with improved flight stability over an extended range  
A finless cone-nosed, ogival-nosed, or combination ogive-cone nosed training projectile is statically stable, yet has adequate spin rate to compensate for aerodynamic or mass asymmetries. In...
7107910 Penetrator and method of using same  
A penetrator includes a fore body comprising a pin and having a center of aerodynamic pressure forward of a center of gravity and a stabilizing portion comprising a material of lower density than...
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...
6983700 Variable drag projectile stabilizer for limiting the flight range of a training projectile  
A variable drag projectile stabilizer is utilized by a training projectile to match the trajectory of a tactical projectile for up to 3 km while having a range limitation of 8 km. The stabilizer...
6978967 Space saving fin deployment system for munitions and missiles  
A fin deployment system for missiles and munitions that deploys and activates straight flat fins for roll control authority. The fin deployment system employs numerous design features, among which...
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...
6928400 Method for designing a deployment mechanism  
The present invention concerns a method for designing a deployment mechanism for a flight surface on an airborne body, including the steps of determining a stowed position of the flight surface,...
6926228 Method and arrangement for extending the range of fire of a fin-stabilized artillery missile  
Method and arrangement for extending the range of fire of a fin-stabilized artillery missile. The fin-stabilized artillery missile ( 1 ), which is fired in a ballistic trajectory, has fins ( 3-6 ),...
6889934 Systems and methods for guiding munitions  
A method of guiding a munition to a target transmitting one or more signals is described. The method includes configuring the munition with a radio frequency receiver, an antenna for the receiver...
6871818 Aerodynamic stabilization of a projectile  
The center of pressure of a projectile is caused to move upon the occurrence of an event that changes the static margin, such as the jettisoning of a body previously attached to the projectile, as...
6860448 Deployable projectiles  
A method for protecting a second location against a first projectile fired from a first location at the second location. The method includes: firing at least one second projectile toward the first...
6827310 Apparatus and method for fin actuation in a portable missile  
A fin actuator for a portable missile and a method of using the same. One aspect of the present invention includes a fin or wing actuator that meets very strict criteria to fit within a compact,...
6779754 Fin-stabilized artillery shell  
The present invention relates to a long-range artillery shell ( 1 ) that is fin-stabilised in its trajectory and which is designed to be fired in a rifled gun barrel and thus has a slipping driving...
6764044 Airplane spiralling mechanism  
An airplane 1 with a spiral inducing assembly 2 which is capable of inducing the airplane to travel in a continuous spiralling motion without the airplane rolling. Two fins 6 and 17 are...
6758435 Guide assembly for a missile  
A missile includes a missile body and a guide assembly mounted on the missile body. The guide assembly has a plurality of pivots and a plurality of vanes mounted on respective pivots for a swinging...
6752352 Gun-launched rolling projectile actuator  
An actuator system for controlling the external fins on a gun-launched projectile to control the flight path of the projectile. These actuator systems include an electric motor having a rotor and...
6723972 Method and apparatus for planar actuation of a flared surface to control a vehicle  
The invention is, in its various embodiments and implementations, a method and apparatus for planar actuation of a flared surface to control a vehicle. In one aspect, the invention comprises an...
6682014 Device for exerting drag  
A braking device for increasing the drag coefficient of an associated shell at a desired point while in flight is described. The device comprises: at least two braking vane means which, when...
6672537 One-piece wrap around fin  
A one-piece wrap around fin for a projectile which includes a main portion, a first end and a second end. The main portion has at least one flap. The first end and the second end cooperate such...
6659393 Retarding and lock apparatus and method for retardation and interlocking of elements  
A retarding and locking mechanism for use between two mutually translatable bodies. A first body can be induced into motion and guided into a second body and, after a predetermined movement of the...
6637699 Method and apparatus for controlling a trajectory of a projectile  
An apparatus for controlling a trajectory of a projectile includes a planetary drive train, a yaw drive assembly engaged with the planetary drive train, and a pitch drive assembly engaged with the...
6616093 Method and device for correcting the trajectory of a spin-stabilised projectile  
The present invention relates to a method and a device for correcting the trajectory ( 7, 8, 10, 11 ) of a spin-stabilised projectile ( 12 ) in azimuth by controlling its rate of spin by devices (...
6604705 Control group for directional fins on missiles and/or shells  
Control group for directional fins on missiles and/or shells which have a containment body ( 15, 15′, 15″ ) that has on the outside of the containment body, two command surfaces in the form of...
6581871 Extendable and controllable flight vehicle wing/control surface assembly  
The apparatus of the invention allows flight vehicle and/or guided munition wings and control surfaces to be secured in a retracted and locked position prior to the launch by a control surface...
6578792 Rudder blade mounting arrangement for a missile  
Described is a rudder blade mounting arrangement ( 10 ) for a missile comprising a rudder blade ( 12 ) and a mounting element ( 16 ) for the rudder blade. The rudder blade ( 12 ) is displaceable...
6576880 Flyer assembly  
A flyer assembly is adapted for launching with, transit in, and deployment from an artillery shell having a central void region extending along a ballistic shell axis. The flyer assembly includes a...
6559370 Submarine countermeasure vehicle with folding propeller  
A submarine countermeasure vehicle includes an elongated body for supporting a countermeasure device, and a propulsion assembly mounted on an after end of the body. The propulsion assembly includes...
6540176 Fin disengagement device for limiting projectile range  
A fin disengagement device for limiting the range of a projectile uses an electronic safe and arm circuit to sense launch and spin levels. Once armed, the stored energy from the electronic safe and...
6520448 Spinning-vehicle navigation using apparent modulation of navigational signals  
Attitude of a spinning vehicle is determined by observing at least one of the apparent amplitude modulation and the apparent phase modulation of a navigation signal received from a navigation...
6511016 Spin-stabilized projectile with a braking device  
A spin-stabilised artillery projectile ( 11 ) can be easily subsequently fitted with an axially symmetrical aerodynamic braking device for reducing the ballistic trajectory if the tip ( 14 ) which...
6502785 Three axis flap control system  
A three axis control system employing four flaps is disclosed. The flaps are of uniform design, which decreases machining and manufacturing costs. The flaps are positioned on a vehicle...
6492632 Lock and slide mechanism for tube launched projectiles  
A tube launched projectile having a shaft member at the aft section is slidably mounted on a boom extending aft from the body of the projectile. The boom has a cavity in its aft end which receives...
6474594 Output shaft assembly for a missile control actuation unit  
Accordingly, a shaft assembly for coupling a control fin to a missile includes outer and inner shaft portions which are detachably coupled together, allowing removal of one of the shaft portions...
6474593 Guided bullet  
A projectile having a plurality of micro electromechanical (MEMS) devices disposed about the axis of flight for active control of the trajectory of the projectile. The MEMS devices each form an...
6467721 Process for the target-related correction of a ballistic trajectory  
In order to perceptibly reduce the inevitable trajectory scatter or spread of ballistically fired projectiles in the target area without the technological expenditure involved in automatic...
6462322 Missile for combating stationary and/or moving targets  
The invention relates to a missile for combating stationary and/or moving targets comprising a seeker head ( 100 ), an effective charge which is arranged behind said seeker head in the direction of...
6454205 Fin-stabilized projectile  
A fin-stabilized projectile includes a projectile body having a rear portion defining a rearwardly open cavity and a stabilizing assembly which has an axially slidable fin support in the cavity....
6450444 Fin lock system  
A fin lock device ( 12 ) for a missile. The device ( 12 ) provides a mechanism for locking a missile fin ( 14 ) by grasping an edge of the fin ( 14 ) and a mechanism ( 32, 42 ) for retracting the...
6443391 Fin-stabilized projectile with improved aerodynamic performance  
A projectile includes an elongated forebody and an aft section secured to the forebody. The aft section includes a pair of fins affixed to an aerodynamic, cylindrical section. The lift generated by...
6422507 Smart bullet  
A smart bullet capable of in-flight maneuvers generated by the selective extension of a spoiler from a de-spun control section of the bullet into the stream of air passing the bullet. A micro gyro...
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