Abstract: An apparatus and system for controlling the trajectory of a projectile having two rotationally decoupled sections, wherein the first section is rotationally decoupled from the second section. The first section of the projectile contains a navigation system. The first section also contains an actuator by which aero-control surfaces on the second section are actuated. The second section may have external aero-spin surfaces which provide a torque counter to the rotation of the base projectile. The apparatus and system also includes embodiments having applications for nose sections of projectiles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 30, 2014
Date of Patent:
October 11, 2016
Assignee:
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tacital Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Joseph P. Morris, Paul Lichon, Douglas L. Smith