Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Remote control
Patent
1998-03-09
1999-08-31
Jordan, Charles T.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Remote control
F41G 732
Patent
active
059442816
ABSTRACT:
The dual band millimeter-infrared fiber optics guidance data link presents nhanced seekers with the capability to see through cloud cover while exhibiting resolution that is adequate to strike high value targets. Such a seeker may use a bi-directional dual band data link in the form of a secure, high bandwidth optical fiber between the missile in flight and the ground station, offering the capability to transmit millimeter-infrared sensor data from the missile to the ground station and transmit missile guidance signals from the ground station to the missile over the same high bandwidth optical fiber. Both infrared and millimeter target signature data is made available in the ground station by the use of applicants' invention. Such availability not only provides the gunner with an additional capability to identify the target and thus avoid fratricide, but fusion of the infrared and millimeter data in the automatic target recognizer in the ground station provides an additional capability to classify and identify targets while preserving high-value components of the data link by their removal from the missile to the ground station.
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Meadows John B.
Mullins James H.
Pittman William C.
Chang Hay Kyung
Jordan Charles T.
Montgomery Christopher K
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
Tischer Arthur H.
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