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All-aspect bomb damage assessment system

  • US 5,537,909 A
  • Filed: 04/17/1995
  • Issued: 07/23/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A damage assessment system that is releasably secured to a weapon for providing imagery of a target area before and after impact of the weapon at the target area, said system comprising:

  • a glider comprising;

    a body;

    a plurality of folded wings and tail fins that are deployable from the body;

    an imaging system disposed at a front end of the glider;

    a folded deployable ballute disposed at a rear end of the that is deployable to decelerate the glider;

    control means for controlling the flight path of the glider and for causing the glider to fly a predetermined flight path that permits the imaging system to view the target area from all aspects; and

    a data link for coupled to the imaging system for transmitting images derived from the imaging system to a remote location that permits assessment of the damage caused by the weapon.

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