Guidance system for air-to-air missiles

A method and system for providing navigational data required to guide an air-to-air missile to a target. The missile is equipped either with an infrared seeking sensor or a radar system. The trajectory of the target is predicted on the basis of a series of location measurements. A flight path of the...

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Main Author ORENSTEIN; ITAI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.08.1999
Edition6
Subjects
AIMING
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
WEAPON SIGHTS
WEAPONS
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Summary:A method and system for providing navigational data required to guide an air-to-air missile to a target. The missile is equipped either with an infrared seeking sensor or a radar system. The trajectory of the target is predicted on the basis of a series of location measurements. A flight path of the missile is predicted such that the missile will intercept the target. Based on the predicted missile flight path, signals corresponding to the required rotational angle of the missile's sensor or radar antenna are generated and supplied to the sensor or radar's rotation control unit to cause the missile to move along the predicted flight path.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19970819267