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8185259 |
Fuzzy logic-based control method for helicopters carrying suspended loads
The fuzzy logic-based control method for helicopters carrying suspended loads utilizes a controller based on fuzzy logic membership distributions of sets of load swing angles. The anti-swing...
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8183508 |
Pyrotechnic fin deployment and retention mechanism
A fin retention and deployment mechanism includes a detent in each of a plurality of fins, a mechanism that engages the detent, and at least one spring clip that maintains each of the fins in a...
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8178825 |
Guided delivery of small munitions from an unmanned aerial vehicle
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for accurate guidance of small munitions to a target. The guidance for the small munition is mainly provided by a device external to the small...
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8173945 |
Apparatus and method for guidance of a projectile
There is disclosed an apparatus and a method for guidance of a projectile. The method for guidance of a projectile, includes emission from the launching position of the projectile of beams pointing...
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8172172 |
Wing tip docking system for aircraft
A system and method for docking various types of aircraft is disclosed. An aerodynamic lifting structure docking mechanism for docking two or more aircraft is provided comprising an aerodynamic...
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8173946 |
Method of intercepting incoming projectile
A method of defeating an incoming missile, such as a rocket propelled grenade, includes soft launching an interceptor missile, and then using pitch over motors of the interceptor missile to alter...
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8168929 |
Non-powered, aero-assisted pre-stage for ballistic rockets and aero-assisted flight vehicles
A non-powered pre-stage (10) with a commensurably large wing area is used to launch a variety of single-stage and multiple-stage space vehicles (20), such as conventional ballistic rockets and...
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8165795 |
Hybrid inertial navigation system based on a kinematic model
The invention concerns a method for improving determination of inertial navigation parameters (1) of a carrier (1) moving along modelizable kinematic movement components, the method including the...
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8164037 |
Co-boresighted dual-mode SAL/IR seeker including a SAL spreader
In a co-boresighted SAL/IR seeker, the optical system and particularly the secondary lens and position of the SAL detector are configured to produce a well-corrected spot of laser energy at the SAL...
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8165731 |
System for aerial delivery of fire retardant
A system for launching, controlling and delivering in a preselected target pattern a plurality of low-cost, guided fire-retardant-containing vehicles, i.e., “smart water bombs” equipped with con...
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8158915 |
Canard-centric missile support
A canard includes a first section and a second section. The first section is configured for the coupling of radial forces to a fuselage of an air vehicle, and the first section is coupled to the...
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8153943 |
Tornado detection network
A tornado disarming network includes a command center, tornado detection systems, and tornado busting missile launch sites in communications with the command center. Tornado busting missiles are at...
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8155819 |
System and method for effecting vehicle maneuver to compensate for IMU error
The effects of IMU gyro and accelerometer bias errors are significantly reduced in accordance with the present teachings by a system or method for commanding an IMU or vehicle through a series of...
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8146862 |
Active vortex control system (AVOCS) method for isolation of sensitive components from external environments
An active vortex control system (AVOCS) includes a set of primary injectors that inject gas into a cavity to generate a vortex in front of and possibly around components inside the cavity. The...
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8148670 |
Rotary actuator ball-detent locking mechanism
One embodiment is directed to a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a housing and a rotary actuator carried by the housing. The rotary actuator includes a shaft and armature disposed...
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8146855 |
Unmanned air vehicle
An unmanned air vehicle for military, land security and the like operations includes a fuselage provided with foldable wings having leading edge flaps and trailing edge ailerons which are operable...
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8138982 |
Munitions/artillery shell GPS multi-edge slot anti-jamming array
The present invention is a multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) antenna array. The antenna array includes a first multi-band GPS edge-slot antenna and a second multi-band GPS edge-slot antenna. The...
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8134103 |
Burnout time estimation and early thrust termination determination for a boosting target
A system senses the presence of a boosting missile or target and processes the information by comparison of the data with a plurality of predetermined templates of nominal missile characteristics,...
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8130137 |
Template updated boost algorithm
A method and a system for sensing a boosting target missile, estimate position and velocity and boost acceleration parameters of the target missile, and control an interceptor missile to the target...
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8124921 |
Methods and apparatus for guidance of ordnance delivery device
A guidance system according to various aspects of the present invention operates in conjunction with a suite of different ordnance delivery devices. In one embodiment, the guidance system comprises...
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8125398 |
Circularly-polarized edge slot antenna
A multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) antenna array is disclosed. The multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) array may include a circularly-polarized edge slot antenna and a dielectric resonator antenna....
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8119958 |
Method and device for matrix of explosive cells
A matrix of explosive cells can include plural explosive cells formed in an array in a common substrate. Each cell can be formed as a recess filled with explosive material. An ignition device has...
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8119959 |
Flight control of missiles
A missile in which a nose portion is rotatably mounted on a main body portion of the missile and is subjected to thrust to bring it to a demanded roll attitude and to apply to it a demanded lateral...
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8119957 |
Submunition and method of destroying a target in a target area by the submunition
A submunition is formulated for destroying a target in a target area. Accommodated in a casing are a signal processing unit connected to a radar antenna and/or an infrared sensor and/or another...
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8119956 |
Multi-stage hyper-velocity kinetic energy missile
A multi-stage hyper-velocity kinetic energy missile (HVKEM) uses a ‘missile in a missile’ architecture in which the HVKEM includes a 1st stage flight missile and a 2nd stage kill missile that inc...
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8115148 |
Method for targeting a preferred object within a group of decoys
Current targeting approaches involve guiding to a spatially derived guidepoint of a group of objects likely to be the preferred object. This method may not allow the intercepting missile to contain...
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8115149 |
Gun launched hybrid projectile
A Hybrid Projectile is provided for delivering an explosive payload to a target wherein the Hybrid Projectile may be steered in flight using relatively inexpensive means. The Hybrid Projectile is...
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8110785 |
Mechanical stepper motors for gun-fired projectiles, mortars and missiles
A projectile including: a body having an internal space; and a mechanical stepper motor disposed in the body. The mechanical stepper motor including: a shuttle having one of a plurality of pockets...
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8110784 |
Projectile having one or more windows for transmitting power and/or data into/from the projectile interior
A projectile including: a casing; first and second windows provided on the casing for at least one of transmitting a first optical signal into an interior of the casing and transmitting a second...
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8106340 |
Generalized midcourse missile guidance
A method for guiding a multistage interceptor missile toward a target missile that may transition from a boost mode to a ballistic mode during the engagement. The method comprises the steps of...
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8108186 |
Distance-jump-tolerant flight management system
Flight management systems can behave erratically when the distance measurements on which they are based are subject to value jumps because they liken these value jumps to movements of the aircraft...
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8104719 |
Digital interface unit (DIU) and method for controlling stages of a multi-stage missle
A multi-stage missile with plural stages adapted to be physically coupled to and decoupled from adjacent stages and a processor disposed on a single stage for controlling each stage thereof. In the...
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8100359 |
Intercept system for falling bombs
An intercept system for destroying a falling bomb includes a packable structure including a compressed expandable net of break resistant cords, a radio altimeter and a deployment mechanism for...
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8098191 |
Electronic curtain for vehicle protection
An apparatus and method for protecting against incoming projectiles comprising transmitting two radar waveforms, the first waveform comprising a pulsed continuous wave waveform, and the second...
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8097838 |
Method of increasing the range of a subcalibre shell and subcalibre shells with a long range
The invention relates to a method for increasing the range of shells (1, 8, 13) charged with an explosive substance and other types of shell, which function as carriers of the one or other type of...
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8093539 |
Integrated reference source and target designator system for high-precision guidance of guided munitions
A method for guidance of a moving object towards a target. The method including: providing reference signals from RF reference sources to illuminate RF sensors on the moving object; positioning the...
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8089033 |
POD launched unmanned air vehicle
A method and apparatus for attacking a plurality of dispersed targets are herein presented. In particular, the method and apparatus herein presented allow the user to upload target data onto a pod...
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8089034 |
Mechanism for folding, sweeping, and locking vehicle wings about a single pivot
A wing pivot mechanism that is configured to pivot two wings about a single pivot axis of a vehicle, such as an aircraft. The wing pivot mechanism includes a hub, a set of gears positioned at least...
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8084724 |
Enhanced multiple kill vehicle (MKV) interceptor for intercepting exo and endo-atmospheric targets
By sharing tasks between the CV and the KVs, the MKV interceptor provides a cost-effective missile defense system capable of intercepting and killing multiple targets. The placement of the...
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8085188 |
Method and apparatus for determining a deviation between an actual direction of a launched projectile and a predetermined direction
A method of determining a deviation of a path of a projectile from a predetermined path. The method uses an image of a target area in which the desired path or direction is pointed out....
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8084726 |
Control system for an exoatmospheric kill vehicle
A control system for a maneuverable kill vehicle is provided. The control system includes a pressurized fluid source configured to provide a pressurized fluid, a valve in fluid communication with...
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8084725 |
Methods and apparatus for fast action impulse thruster
Methods and apparatus for a fast action impulse thruster according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a projectile comprising an impulse thruster system. The impulse thruster...
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8080771 |
Steering system and method for a guided flying apparatus
A steering system for use in a traveling guided flying apparatus (10) and method for driving the steering system are provided. The system includes an outer housing (111), an inner housing (113) and...
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8080772 |
Modular, harnessless electromechanical actuation system assembly
A modular electromechanical actuation system assembly is provided that includes an electronic control unit housing having a plurality of motor receptacles and a plurality of battery receptacles...
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8076622 |
Low profile, conformal global positioning system array for artillery
The present invention is a device which includes an antenna and circuitry. The antenna may receive a circularly-polarized signal as first and second linearly-polarized signals. The circuitry is...
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8076621 |
Integrated reference source and target designator system for high-precision guidance of guided munitions
A method for guiding a moving object to a target. The method comprising: transmitting a signal from one or more illuminating sources defined in a reference coordinate system; receiving the signal...
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8076623 |
Projectile control device
A spin-stabilized projectile is steered by taking air from an air intake at the front of the projectile, and expelling the air along an outer surface of the projectile to alter its trajectory...
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8077099 |
Multi-band symmetric phase center folded monopole antenna for GPS/proximity munitions fuse applications
The present invention is a folded monopole antenna assembly. The folded monopole antenna assembly includes a dielectric substrate, the dielectric substrate being configured for receiving at least...
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8071928 |
Projectile with filler material between fins and fuselage
A projectile has filler material placed between an outer surface of its fuselage, and fins that are hingedly coupled to the fuselage. The filler material fills space that otherwise would be...
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8071926 |
Stability multiplexed autopilot
Rolling airframe projectile guidance and stability systems are disclosed. Flight control surfaces, such as canards and/or tail fins are attached to a projectile airframe that is designed to roll...
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