Infrared target sensor and system

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1984-11-28

1986-07-08

Jordan, Charles T.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Missile stabilization or trajectory control

Automatic guidance

102476, F41G 726, F42B 1310

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045988846

ABSTRACT:
A gimbal-less infrared (IR) target sensor for mounting in an IR transmissive nose cone of a guided missile comprises a fixed, concave, primary mirror mounted coaxially in the base of the nose cone; a fixed, convex, secondary mirror mounted at the focus of the primary mirror; and a plurality of IR sensing units having IR transmissive elements located around the periphery of the primary mirror. A shaped-charge is located aft of the primary mirror. The IR-transmissive elements incorporate IR-conductive fiber optics to transmit the IR signal to detectors aft of the shaped-charge for detection, processing, and missile guidance.

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