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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 tracking the position of the target missile with a sensor, generating a p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 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 during flight. Stepper motors are attached to the flight control surfac... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7968831 | Systems and methods for optimizing the aimpoint for a missile Methods and systems are disclosed that automatically display an optimized aimpoint on a target image in received seeker data. In one embodiment, a method receives missile seeker target data. A seeker mode data is extracted from the received missile seeker target dat... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7947936 | Apparatus and method for cooperative multi target tracking and interception The invention described herein provides an apparatus and a method to cooperatively track and intercept a plurality of highly maneuvering asymmetric threats using networks of small, low-cost, lightweight, airborne vehicles that dynamically self-organize into an ad ho... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7875837 | Missile tracking with interceptor launch and control A method for engaging a hostile missile with an interceptor missile includes mathematically dividing an estimated target trajectory into portions, the junction of each portion with the next defining a possible intercept point. The engagement for each possible interc... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7834300 | Ballistic guidance control for munitions A method and system for guiding and controlling an ordinance body having a trajectory and a bore sight angle including making corrections to the trajectory based on bore sight angle vs. time history. The system is incorporated with existing fuse components in a repl... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834301 | System and method for controlling high spin rate projectiles A method is disclosed for controlling a flight trajectory of a spinning projectile. In one aspect the method may involve supporting a nose of the projectile in a manner permitting the nose to be wobbled. At least one electrically responsive component may be coupled ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7795566 | Exclusion zone guidance method for spacecraft Systems and methods for are adapted for automatic implementation of exclusion zone avoidance for target-tracking vehicles, such as spacecraft. The systems and methods are configured to monitor pointing commands (commanded attitude and angular rates) generated for ta... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795565 | Guidance system with varying error correction gain A guided missile or projectile and associated guidance control are provided to control a path to a point of intersection with a potentially moving target. A new path is repetitively recomputed and acceleration orthogonal to the path is applied to minimize heading er... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791006 | Exo atmospheric intercepting system and method According to an embodiment of the present invention there is provided a kill-vehicle to be used in an exo-atmospheric anti-missile interceptor aimed at hitting a target, the kill-vehicle having a main body and comprising: an electronic box; a sensor unit coupled to ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7741588 | Method and device for varying a flight path of a projectile by intentional tumbling of the projectile A method for varying the flight path of a missile, in particular of a spin-stabilized projectile, which has an outer wall and which is provided with at least one impulse device. The impulse device can be activated deliberately at a defined time during the flight of ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7728264 | Precision targeting The disclosed system, device and method for targeting and measurement of stationary target locations in addition to prediction of moving target positions for given weapon intercept times generally includes: a target location system (TLS) configured with a computing ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7675012 | Apparatus and method for cooperative multi target tracking and interception The invention described herein provides an apparatus and a method to cooperatively track and intercept a plurality of highly maneuvering asymmetric threats using networks of small, low-cost, lightweight, airborne vehicles that dynamically self-organize into an ad ho... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675011 | Missile guidance system A missile guidance system and method for guiding a missile, mainly horizontally flying, to pass a target at a desired passage height. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7652234 | System and method for destroying flying objects A method for obtaining a sky view of a battle site, comprising launching an interceptor (2) towards at least one detected flying threat (3); the interceptor (2) tracking the threat (3) using at least one remote sensor for achieving a kill... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7645970 | Flight control system and method of using piezoelectric modal sensors to mitigate flexible body dynamics A flight control system is provided with one or more modal sensors that are each configured to measure the rate and possibly acceleration for a flexible body mode of the flight vehicle. The modal sensor's rate and suitably acceleration are subtracted from the rate a... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7631833 | Smart counter asymmetric threat micromunition with autonomous target selection and homing The present invention provides an unpowered low-cost “smart” micromunition unit for a weapon system for defense against an asymmetric attack upon ships and sea or land based facilities. A plurality of air dropped micromunition units are each capable of detecting... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7566026 | Onboard guidance method for ballistic missiles A guidance method for a powered ballistic missile involves using an onboard computer to numerically simulate the flight path of the missile in real time, using a model with at least 3 degrees of freedom. The results of this simulation are used to update in real time... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7513455 | Ballistic missile interceptor guidance by acceleration relative to line-of-sight A method for guiding an intercept vehicle to intercept a ballistic target includes conceptual setup of a line-of-sight (LOS) extending between the vehicles. The interceptor is accelerated in a direction perpendicular to the LOS until its velocity in that direction e... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7500636 | Processes and devices to guide and/or steer a projectile A terminal guidance and/or steering process for a projectile towards a target, process in which the orientation of a velocity vector {right arrow over (Vp)} is determined then a guidance law is applied and finally a steering algorithm enabling the projectile to be r... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7487933 | Homing missile guidance and estimation algorithms against advanced maneuvering targets A system, processing structure and method for performing vehicle intercept includes target acceleration estimation or blocking via a filter prior to deriving an interceptor acceleration time history via a guidance law. In the processing structure where the unknown t... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7444002 | Vehicular target acquisition and tracking using a generalized hough transform for missile guidance A generalized Hough transform is used to acquire and track vehicular targets for missile guidance. This is accomplished by recognizing that most vehicles have silhouettes that may be described as a “rounded rectangle”. The position and shape of such rounded rect... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434762 | Retractable thrust vector control vane system and method A retractable thrust vector control system (10) for a rocket motor (26) that can generate an exhaust plume comprises at least one control vane (12) connectable to an attitude control assembly (20) that rotates the vane (12) about a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425693 | Spectral tracking A method of tracking a target. The method includes the steps of acquiring a first spectral image of a scene that includes the target, designating a spectral reference window, in the first spectral image, that includes a respective plurality of pixel vectors, acquiri... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422175 | Apparatus and method for cooperative multi target tracking and interception The invention described herein provides an apparatus and a method to cooperatively track and intercept a plurality of highly maneuvering asymmetric threats using networks of small, low-cost, lightweight, airborne vehicles that dynamically self-organize into an ad ho... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423245 | Nose cover A nose cover (10) for a dome (12) through which radiation can pass, for a missile, the nose cover having an outer structure (22) through which radiation can pass and which is aerodynamically better than a spherical shape, and having correction o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416154 | Trajectory correction kit The Trajectory Correction Kit (TCK) is a completely self-contained retrofit kit that is externally and fixedly mounted as an add-on to the rear (aft of the tailfins) of an existing, unguided rocket. The TCK continuously measures the pitch and yaw of the rocket as it... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7395987 | Apparatus and appertaining method for upfinding in spinning projectiles using a phase-lock-loop or correlator mechanism The invention relates to the field of gun-launched guidance systems and to a navigation system based on inertial sensors mounted in a spinning projectile using at least one rotation sensing device with input components perpendicular to the spinning body's longitudin... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394046 | Tracking of a moving object A system for determination of kinematics of a moving object comprising: a sensor producing angular data for the object at a number of observation times, a state initialization unit, receiving angular data from the sensor and on basis thereof determining a first kine... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7370584 | Second environment sensing in smart bombs A safety and arming apparatus for arming a fuze of a smart weapon comprise a release sensor and a verification maneuver sensor in cooperative electronic communication with each other, such that when the release sensor senses that the weapon has been released and the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367525 | Munition with integrity gated go/no-go decision A munition is presented which includes an integrity verification system that measures the integrity of the munition. When an integrity threshold is not met, engagement of the munition with a predetermined target is aborted. Also presented is a methodology for gating... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7354017 | Projectile trajectory control system Trajectory is controlled by a control system having fins that de-spin a section of the control system relative to a projectile or missile. The control system also includes aero-surfaces that produce a lift when brought to rotation speed of about 0 Hz relative to a r... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350744 | System for changing warhead's trajectory to avoid interception A system for increasing a warhead's chance of hitting a target comprises a system for causing the warhead to deviate from its projected trajectory so that it will have an increased chance of avoiding intercepting force such as a kill vehicle a missile, an airplane, ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350743 | Missiles and control systems therefor A homing missile of which the target tracker has a restricted, e.g. a slit-shaped, field-of-view and which incorporates means whereby the field-of-view may be rotated, e.g. by rolling the missile, has a control system which to avoid certain instability problems, suc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348918 | Mobile ballistic missile detection and defense system The present invention is directed towards a ballistic missile detection and defense system. The system of the present invention comprises a ship based interceptor or antiballistic missile, a missile launch detection and tracking system, and a signal processing syste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341221 | Attitude determination with magnetometers for gun-launched munitions A system and method for performing attitude determination for projectiles comprises a projectile; a plurality of magnetometers arranged orthogonally to one another in the projectile, wherein the plurality of magnetometers are adapted to take first flight vector meas... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 communication system, and batteries for powering the systems. In addition... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338009 | Apparatus and method for cooperative multi target tracking and interception The invention described herein provides an apparatus and a method to cooperatively track and intercept a plurality of highly maneuvering asymmetric threats using networks of small, low-cost, lightweight, airborne vehicles that dynamically self-organize into an ad ho... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 are adapted to capacitively couple the first antenna component and the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339659 | Method and system for identifying hostile missile launch locations A method for identifying hostile missile launch locations is disclosed. In response to a receipt of a message containing information regarding a hostile missile had been launched at an aircraft, a determination is made as to whether or not a tail number contained wi... | 03/04/2008 |
