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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4635880 | Remote control system for a missile In a remote-control system for guiding a missile from an aircraft which is equipped with jamming transmitters, a radar, and a predictor, radio communication to the missile is established to transmit trajectory instructions through the jamming transmitter ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4457206 | Microwave-type projectile communication apparatus for guns Microwave projectile communication apparatus comprises a microwave probe fixed to a gun barrel at its muzzle end. A microwave oscillator, having a reference frequency selected for exciting the single fundamental electromagnetic mode in the barrel, is conn... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4456862 | Augmented proportional navigation in second order predictive scheme A method for augmenting a noise-adaptive predictive proportional navigation terminal guidance scheme. In a second order configuration with noise adaptive varying gain parameters calculated as a function of time-to-go, this system implements an optimal con... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4442431 | Airborne missile guidance system An airborne missile guidance system is disclosed which consists of an airborne radar system with a monopulse antenna. The system receives returns from a radar-illuminated ground area including a target and in conjunction with a synthetic array data proces... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4383661 | Flight control system for a remote-controlled missile A ground station forming part of a system for controlling the flight of a missile comprises two cascaded computers, the first of these computers generating guidance instructions on the basis of initially available data while the second computer converts t... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4315609 | Target locating and missile guidance system A target locating and missile guidance system comprising reconnaissance araft equipped with laser or radar range-measuring apparatus in conjunction with a plurality of selectively predetermined ground stations. Range and altitude of the aircraft relative... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4288049 | Remote targeting system for guided missiles A system for locking a missile seeker to a desired target signal while the issile is in flight and approaching the target. The target is detected and tracked by a remote radar. The missile is launched and utilizes an inertial mid-course guidance to guide i... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4281809 | Method of precision bombing A method of bombing a plurality of targets is provided by launching a preion-guided weapon toward a prime target and having the weapon disperse a plurality of homing beacons prior to impact with the prime target. Then one or more relatively inexpensive w... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4274609 | Target and missile angle tracking method and system for guiding missiles on to targets The invention relates to missile guidance and provides a method and system for guiding one or more missiles on to one or more targets. Aim on the targets and missiles is taken by means of two electro-optical pick-ups having a switchable field of view and ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4220296 | Method for guiding the final phase of ballistic missiles A method for guiding the final phase of a ballistic missile wherein the target and the missile are continuously tracked to determine their positions with respect to the missile firing platform; the actual coordinates of the missile position, which are con... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4219170 | Missile roll position processor A weapon system using a line of sight guidance system is provided with a missile containing two symmetrically located optical receivers. Information contained in a beam into which a missile is launched is used by the two receivers and associated processor... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4216472 | Gated pseudonoise semi-active missile guidance system with improved illuminator leakage rejection A system for elimination of transmitter (illuminator) leakage in a high duty cycle, pulsed, pseudonoise, semi-active missile guidance system. The missile has front and back receiving systems, and the illuminator signal extant at the rear receiver is used ... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4179088 | Offset beacon homing A system for enabling homing by a missile onto a target which is marked by beacon at some other location. A radio frequency beacon is located remotely from the intended target. Target coordinates relative to the beacon are obtained and relayed by conventi... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4153224 | Laser command guidance system A guidance system is provided for flight vehicles which establishes a reference direction in space by means of two pulsed laser beams. The desired direction is remotely determined and an optical tracker on the flight vehicle is then gated ON by a first pu... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4142695 | Vehicle guidance system A vehicle guidance system wherein a vehicle is guided in either a command guidance mode or a homing guidance mode. In the command guidance mode, the target tracking element, used during the homing guidance mode serves as an inertial reference element. Suc... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4100545 | Missile guidance system The invention relates to missile-guidance systems of the semi-active homing type using the Doppler effect, designed for air-to-air, ground-to-air or ship-to-air installations. On the radar installation, a first illuminator comprising a directional antenna... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4097007 | Missile guidance system utilizing polarization A missile guidance system in which a projectile or missile is fired toward predetermined target with the missile being tracked on its flight toward the target by radar, processing the radar information in a computer apparatus and finally computing a new t... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4096380 | System for transmitting light signals between a missile and a missile control station A system for transmitting light signals between a missile and a missile control launching site is provided by utilizing a laser beam light signal transmission path. The system comprises a laser emitter having a relatively broad transmission beam for produ... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4093153 | Ground-controlled guided-missile system A mobile missile system that is automatic in operation and that is designed to simultaneously defend against a multiplicity of air born targets as well as moving ground targets by using a time-sharing radar installation that performs the functions of acqu... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4034372 | Velocity gate hand-off system A system for programming the radar return signal from an airborne target carrier to gradually increase its frequency and attenuate its amplitude timed with respect to the launching of a target from the carrier, the target having its own fixed radar return... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4018405 | Vehicle guidance control link utilizing light beam An electromagnetic beam which is preferably generated by means of a laser is transmitted to a vehicle such as a missile to be controlled, and reflected back from such vehicle by means of an optical reflector. The beam is passed through separate optical mo... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3998406 | Guided missile system 1. A missile guidance system for continuously guiding a missile along a line of sight between a vehicle and a target comprising, Tracker means which is located solely on said vehicle, includes a radiation-sensitive element, and is responsive to the impingement... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3995792 | Laser missile guidance system A laser missile guidance system in which a projectile or missile is fired ward a predetermined target with the missile being tracked on its flight toward the target by laser radar, processing the laser radar information in a computer apparatus and finally... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3992613 | TACAN flying target control system A flying target control system for directing a flying target along a radio eam heading toward a ship under simulated attack according to a preselected altitude and speed profile. The control system utilizes a TACAN transceiver which receives TACAN signals ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3990659 | Low cost attitude position sensor for high speed vehicles A pair of electrostatic sensors are recessed in the outer wall of a superic ballistic body. The vertical electrostatic gradient in the atmosphere produces a voltage differential between the sensors when one sensor is higher than the other. Since the fixe... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3987447 | Missile command link with pulse deletion command coding A command data link between an aircraft and a missile having a high invulability to jamming by providing a communications system in which the missile receiver is normally off and is gated on only during a short time during which a signal is supposed to a... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3962537 | Gun launched reconnaissance system The Gun Launched Reconnaissance System provides for the continuous transmion of optical data about a target area to a remote location for a specified period of time. The gun launched projectile housing has mounted therein a forward looking image forming ... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3951359 | Missile control system Initial turn circuits for providing steering orders for a missile including first computer for providing a critical turn angle signal, a second computer for providing a difference turn angle signal and circuitry for combining these signals for providing a... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3946384 | Missile guidance by radar signals using surface acoustic wave correlator A system for controlling the flight of a missile by the use of coded radar signals. A ground level radar transmits coded signals in the form of a phase modulated radar signal. Each coded signal represents a particular guidance command which is received by... | 03/23/1976 |
