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Apparatus and method for remote guidance of cannon-launched projectiles

  • US 5,131,602 A
  • Filed: 06/13/1990
  • Issued: 07/21/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for remotely guiding a ballistic projectile, comprising:

  • a ground-based sub-system; and

    an airborne sub-system wherein said airborne sub-system includes (a) a first transmission means for communicating with said ground-based subsystem in the radio frequency portion of the electro-magnetic spectrum to provide to said ground-based system at a predetermined time or upon interrogation the azimuthal and elevational position of said airborne sub-system with respect to said ground-based sub-system and (b) a second transmission means for generating a signal to provide to said ground-based sub-system a slant range from said airborne sub-system to said ground sub-system at predetermined time or upon receipt of an interrogation signal from said ground-based sub-system, for use in providing in-flight mid-course corrections to the flight trajectory of said projectile.

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