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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4540140 | Passive missile guidance process The process consists in guiding the missile firstly by an electromagnetic guidance by interferometric bases up to the proximity of the target, then by infrared guidance up to the target. Electromagnetic guidance is effected by maintaining constant the ang... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4540139 | Passive missile homing system A passive homing system for missiles is provided having at least three interferometric bases each comprising two electromagnetic antennae disposed on the missile. Said three interferometric bases have respective mid-perpendicular planes which are inclined... | 09/10/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4450451 | Gimbal assembly for monopulse radar antenna A gimbal assembly for a monopulse antenna gyroscopically stabilized on a moving vehicle is shown to comprise a tripartite bearing having a fixed spherical inner section, an annular central section, connected through a helical spring to the moving vehicle,... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4384290 | Airborne interrogation system The system according to the invention utilizes a transmission--reception radar antenna protected by a radome and an interrogation antenna having at least one set of two networks engaged laterally on the outer wall of the radome. The networks are arranged ... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4350983 | Navigation method for precisely steering a flying object A flying object is precisely steered by determining the position of the fng object with the aid of a trigonometric calculation. For this purpose pulse signals emitted in synchronism from two ground stations are received by the flying object and the time ... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4303211 | Radio systems and apparatus A radome aberration correction system in which data relating to the aberration over a range of angles of incident radar signals is stored in a digital data store. The apparent direction of a radar source is corrected by the addition of an aberration value... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4264907 | Rolling dual mode missile In a rolling missile a seeker system which is responsive to two forms of energy emanating from a target. The system has the capability to switch between guidance modes during its path towards its intended target.... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4256275 | Homing system and technique for guiding a missile towards a metal target A homing system is provided for guiding a missile (10) towards a metal target. The metal target is illuminated by a radar unit (12) with a transmitted RADAR signal of predetermined frequency. The target reflects the RADAR signal and produces HARMONIC sign... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4241889 | Method for increasing the hit probability of jammed missiles and device for carrying out the method A method and device is disclosed for increasing the hit probability of guided missiles exposed to jamming by double or multiple targets. In particular, the missiles are guided by the proportional navigation principle and have a follow-up target-seeking he... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4240596 | Articulated eyeball radome An articulated radome for the front end of a missile or the like comprises a generally dome or spherical shaped articulated housing mounted for rotation about two separate transverse axes, with an infra-red window surrounded by a dielectric window so that... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4238090 | All-weather intercept of tanks from a helicopter A radar is used for detecting and locating threat tanks. The selected target tank bearing and range are displayed to the helicopter pilot who directs the helicopter course accordingly to aim missiles toward the target. Range to the target is inserted into... | 12/09/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4204655 | Broadband interferometer and direction finding missile guidance system A wide bandwidth interferometer which may be employed in a guidance system or a rolling missile delays the radar signals detected by one of the antennas by a fixed amount and the signals detected by the other antenna by a variable amount prior to their mul... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4199762 | Pedestal and gimbal assembly A pedestal and gimbal assembly related to missile semi-active radar seekers or supporting three gyroscopes and functions as a reference platform to relate airframe attitude. This is mechanized by utilizing the two degrees of freedom gimbal for pitch and ya... | 04/22/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4160974 | Target sensing and homing system A low cost system using passive radiometry or active radar for the detection of a target and providing discrimination between desired targets and false targets. The device may be mounted on a drone aircraft or other vehicle and comprises a detecting senso... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4156875 | Range gate generator with velocity aiding Apparatus and method for controlling the operation of a range gate generator used in a pulse radar is shown. In accordance with the disclosure, the position of the range gate, or gates, out of the range gate generator is controlled from pulse to pulse pri... | 05/29/1979 |
| 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 |
| 4146196 | Simplified high accuracy guidance system A simplified guidance system for air-to-air missiles where the pilot adjusts his helmet sight to compensate for missile errors and this information is fed to a computer which computes correction data from error information, aircraft position information a... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4136343 | Multiple source tracking system A monopulse radio direction finding and tracking system having the capacity of detecting the presence of multiple radiating sources within the effective beamwidth of the monopulse antenna and causing the monopulse antenna to move toward and align its bore... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4108400 | Dual mode guidance system A dual mode missile guidance system employing a passive anti-radiation ser for midcourse guidance and an alternate sensor for terminal guidance. A broadband, body mounted conformal antenna comprises the midcourse sensor, and the alternate sensor is mount... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4107678 | Polarization correlation target seeker A target seeker circuit contained in a projectile having a trajectory guidance mechanism cross-correlates returns of a cross-polarized antenna pattern to distinguish between target returns reflected by man-made targets and clutter returns reflected by nat... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4021801 | Single bit doppler processor for guidance missile system Hybrid digital processor of a missile guidance system in which the input spectrum is mixed, limited, sampled, and fed to a recirculating shift register. Sampled values of the shift register, with the same oscillator controlling the sampling rate of the li... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4010467 | Missile post-multiple-target resolution guidance A feedback loop for use in the guidance system of a guided missile being wn against multiple targets. The feedback loop modifies a transient signal present in the system by introducing a time lag sufficient to cause the missile relative heading change co... | 03/01/1977 |
| 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 |
| 3984068 | Vehicle guidance system using angular rate of change In a vehicle guidance system, a method for computing the true rate of change of the angle between the line of sight to the target and the gyro reference. Two antennas are spaced apart a distance upon the vehicle. The outputs of both antennas are converted... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3979086 | Rocketed data communication system A system for retrieving at a given station, either on the ground or in the ir, data from a site on the earth's surface from which ground-based communication would be impracticable, either because of configuration of terrain or of the existence of interveni... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3951358 | Guidance and control system for target-seeking devices 5. In a target-seeking device having a plurality of steering members for steering it along a predetermined type of navigation course with respect to a target that is illuminated by radio-frequency signals having a substantially constant repetition rate, a... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3949955 | Monopulse receiver circuit for an anti-radar missile tracking system 1. In a monopulse radar receiver system for determining the angular co-orates of a pulsed RF radiation source, the combination comprising: An RF signal processing circuit adapted to convert a directional antenna input signals to inversely related pairs of com... | 04/13/1976 |
