Abstract: A system that guides an airborne weapon toward a target, in order for the weapon to fuze at the target, so as to increase the probability of kill of the target. The system uses a lethality database that lists the various vulnerabilities for each target so that the weapon may fuze at a point that achieves maximum exploitation of the vulnerabilities. The system continually updates during weapon fly out in order to continually update the best achievable aim point for the weapon based on the changing encounter geometry between weapon and target.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 27, 2008
Date of Patent:
September 18, 2012
Assignee:
Survice Engineering Company
Inventors:
Charles Allen Larson, Kevin Thomas McArdle