Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Automatic guidance
Patent
1976-11-17
1979-12-18
Engle, Samuel W.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Automatic guidance
244 314, F41G 714, F41G 900, F41G 700, F41G 1100
Patent
active
041790880
ABSTRACT:
A system for enabling homing by a missile onto a target which is marked by beacon at some other location. A radio frequency beacon is located remotely from the intended target. Target coordinates relative to the beacon are obtained and relayed by conventional means to the launch site and are stored in missile memory. During flight the missile seeker acquires, interrogates and tracks the beacon. The missile borne equipment generates guidance signals which alter the trajectory to the target location.
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Edelberg Nathan
Engle Samuel W.
Gibson Robert P.
Hilton Harold W.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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