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8001901 Signal transmission surveillance system  
A system and method of detecting, processing, and selectively responding to radio frequency transmissions detected by at least one projectile deployed above a geographic area.
7997205 Base drag reduction fairing  
A projectile may include a base drag reduction fairing preform adapted to be plastically deformed into a base drag reduction fairing after the projectile is launched from a gun barrel.
7956606 Position sensing assembly  
A position sensing assembly includes a bearing element and a helically shaped rotational member used to drive a portion of a sensor assembly, such as a Digital Rotary Magnetic Encoder. Interaction...
7262394 Mortar shell ring tail and associated method  
There is provided a ring tail for a ballistic projectile and an associated method that facilitate maneuverability of the ballistic projectile. The ring tail comprises a ring member having a...
6886775 Fin-stabilized shell  
The present invention relates to a fin-stabilized artillery shell (1) comprising a body part (8, 26, 36) which can be axially displaced rearwards, in the direction of flight of the shell, once the...
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...
6657174 Method and design for increasing the firing range of artillery shells  
The present invention relates to a method of increasing the range of air defense and artillery shells of the type which for reasons of firing technology have a rear surface which is at right angles...
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...
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....
6398156 Mounting for attaching a rudder to a missile  
A rudder of a missile, particularly an aircraft born ramjet missile, is attached to the missile by a plug and socket mounting. A bearing socket (B1) is attached to a base plate (B0) which is...
6369373 Ramming brake for gun-launched projectiles  
A ramming brake is provided for use with a projectile launched from the barrel of a gun having a tapered portion. The ramming brake includes a braking ring that has a tapered surface configured to...
6297486 Base drag reducing device  
A device for reducing base drag on cylindrical rear truncated objects moving in a fluid, caused by the shedding of vortices at the base of the object. The device consists of ring shaped winglets...
6240849 Projectile with expanding members  
A projectile attachment is disclosed that has open-biased arm members that can be either mounted directly onto the projectile base or may be mounted to a mutual connection means which is then...
6224013 Tail fin deployment device  
A retention and deployment mechanism for pivotable guide fins on bombs or missiles includes a cup shaped yoke slidably mounted on a shaft. The device is mounted in a central region of the bomb tail...
6123289 Training projectile  
An aerodynamic device, such as a projectile includes an elongated forebody, and an aft section secured to the forebody. The aft section acts as a d control device, and includes a connecting member...
6021716 Penetrator having multiple impact segments  
A penetrator having a plurality of stacked penetrator segments is disclosed. Each penetrator segment has a nose portion and a rear portion. The rear portion of each penetrator segment has a...
5988071 Penetrator having multiple impact segments, including an explosive segment  
A penetrator having a plurality of stacked penetrator segments is disclosed. One or more of the segments contains an explosive element Each segment has a nose portion and a rear portion. The rear...
5806791 Missile jet vane control system and method  
A jet vane control system and method for a missile in which the system is compact, rugged, lightweight and detachably connected to the aft end of a missile. The system provides for very quick pitch...
5798478 Ammunition projectile having enhanced flight characteristics  
An ammunition projectile of enhanced flight characteristics, having a boat tail portion and including a circular land provided on the rear surface of the boat tail portion and concentric with the...
5798479 Undersized kinetic-energy practice projectile of the dart type  
An undersized kinetic-energy practice projectile of the dart type includes a penetrator and a tail unit that can be dissociated from one another while the projectile is in flight. The penetrator...
5744748 Kinetic energy projectile with fin leading edge protection mechanisms  
A projectile includes a mechanism which allows the fin position to be reved after the projectile leaves the launch tube thus allowing the fins to have reversed leading edges, which avoids the...
5725179 Expansion wave spin inducing generator  
A projectile to be, fired from a non-rifled tube includes an elongated foody and a stabilizer secured to the tail end of the forebody for enhancing the projectile flight stability and for imparting...
5685503 Deployment device for the fin of a projectile  
A deployment device for stabilizing fins of a projectile includes at least one pallet and a holding device for each fin. The pallet is oriented to receive an aerodynamic flow when the projectile is...
5522337 Underwater vehicle inflatable housing configuration and method  
An underwater vehicle has a generally longitudinally extending housing terminating in at least one blunt end. Adjacent to and inboard of the blunt end of the longitudinally extended housing there...
5498160 Training projectile  
The disclosure is of a projectile having a main body, a nose and a tail iuding a flared tail member, the projectile having its center of gravity close to the nose thereof.
5476045 Limited range projectile  
A statically stable limited range projectile utilizes a fin assembly combd with a cylindrical body and low drag ogival front end to ballistically match the limited predetermined range flight...
5464173 Subassembly means  
Improved collapsible roll or spin-stabilizing fin subassembly means of reively lightweight molded construction for missile means and the like that is generally made up of base or hub means, a...
5450795 Projectile for small firearms  
A projectile for small firearms has an inner sealed container containing an impact charge of a mixture of pellets and a liquid or a mixture of pellets and a gel. This impact charge may be a mixture...
5328130 Stabilizer for a cannon projectile  
A cylindrical device connected to the nose of a projectile for imparting n to the projectile fired from a non-rifled bore of a cannon. The device has at least two coaxial, adjacent, and integrally...
5282588 Gapped flap for a missile  
A missile (20) comprises a missile body (22) and a plurality of (typically four) body flaps (28) located around the circumference of the missile body (22). Each body flap (28) is independently...
5267885 Model rocket kit structure  
Apparatus in kit form for the assembly of a model rocket having a body tube, fins, and propellant mount, wherein each fin has a root portion at a radially inner-most end for mountingly extending...
5253588 Device for reducing the spin rate of a submunition unit  
A device is provided for reducing the rate of rotation of a spinning submunition unit having a tail end provided with a deployable braking device, from a time after the submunition unit is ejected...
5224665 Split span vee tail control arrangement for air vehicle  
An active flight control arrangement for an air vehicle that includes a split span vee fin tail control arrangement whereby inner and outer spans of each fin are independently operable to provide...
5223667 Plural piece flechettes affording enhanced penetration  
A flechette is disclosed comprising a rod-shaped steel body having a blunt generally conical penetrating point, a separate resinous plastic fin component securely mounted on the rear end portion of...
5169095 Self-righting gliding aerobody/decoy  
The effectiveness of randomly indexed randomly ejected decoys/aerobodies is improved by flying lifting glide instead of ballistic trajectories. Elements matching body contours are deployed to...
5125344 Limited range training projectile  
A limited range training projectile utilizes a two strake and flare combination or two slots with flare combination design to ballistically match a service round to a predetermined range. The...
5040746 Finned projectile with supplementary fins  
A finned projectile intended to be launched toward a target has a project body and a plurality of main fins attached to the projectile body to provide stability thereto in flight. In the preferred...
5020436 Booster retarding apparatus  
A booster retarding apparatus for an airborne vehicle such as a missile having a separable booster at its rear end, comprises a series of flaps with hinge assemblies for securing the flaps to the...
5004186 Finlock alignment mechanism for rockets  
A finlock mechanism for recreational rockets having a pair of finlock ring members disposed in spaced relationship to each other in circumscription about the motor tube in the rocket, each ring...
H000854 Rocket stabilizing apparatus  
Apparatus for stabilizing the flight of a rocket wherein the body of the ket is provided with a plurality of petals arranged around the periphery of the aft end of the rocket with the leading end...
4860660 Projectile  
A projectile comprising a projectile body having a rear end; and a deceleration element composed of a sheet of material at the rear end, the deceleration element having an edge region and being...
4856432 Spin stabilized carrier projectile including at least two submunition projectiles  
A spin stabilized carrier projectile having a longitudinal axis comprising: a projectile body; and at least two submunition bodies disposed in, and ejectable from, the projectile body, the...
4748912 Mortar grenade  
A supersonic mortar grenade is disclosed. Such grenade has a front portion that possesses a first conical section which is tangential to a second ogival section. The second ogival section is...
4732086 Fin stabilized armor-penetrating tracer projectile and method of manufacturing same  
A method of securing a tracer cup 26 and fin segments 32, 33 to armor piercing penetrator 21. The penetrator 21 is fabricated of tungsten, or steel, with fin segments 32, 33 and tracer cup 26 being...
4730561 Subcaliber projectile  
To improve the terminal ballistic performance of a subcaliber projectile 15 composed of a penetrator 15b and a tail guide assembly 16, a partial region 15a of the projectile 15 is given a conical...
4674706 Projectile with an extendable boattail  
A projectile having a streamline assembly which includes a frusto-conical saddle secured to the boattail area of the projectile bullet, a carrying cylinder having one end secured to the saddle,...
H000112 Projectile stabilizer  
A projectile comprises a nose ogive tapering outwardly to a cylindrical or onical body portion of caliber diameter. A reversely tapering stabilizer is connected to the rear of the body portion and...
4572463 Telescopic projectile and apparatus for firing same  
A telescopic projectile comprising a forward inner portion and a rearward outer portion, the forward inner portion being disposed within the rearward outer portion prior to firing of the projectile...
4565340 Guided projectile flight control fin system  
A guidance system for small spinning projectiles which is mechanically simple, has low power requirements, uses relatively unsophisticated electronics, and is capable of withstanding large gas...
4534294 Fin-stabilized projectile with propellant cage  
A fin-stabilized projectile which includes a propellant cage encompassing the projectile body, and with the cage consisting of a plurality of segments retained together through suitable fastening...
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