Abstract: The fly over homing guidance system for terminal homing missile guidance is fire and forget missile guidance method wherein on board target sensing tracks the target and guides the missile to the target, but instead of being guided to a direct impact as is conventionally done, the missile is guided toward a precise distance over the top of the target, intentionally avoiding impact. A second sensor on the missile detects the leading edge of the target, such as the turret of a tank. The warhead is then fired down onto the top of the target as the missile is guided or directed over it. Further, the shot line of the warhead is substantially perpendicular to the top of the target, maximizing lethality. This allows the use of the same angle of attack and warhead for all modes of target engagement and thus maintains high lethality for every firing scenario.

Abstract: A digital image processor is used in conjunction with an articulate sensor to achieve electronic stabilization of a target image, thereby avoiding the large field of view requirement which is a common and fundamental limitation of current technology strapdown missile guidance system.

Abstract: This device is a modification to the basic auto-tracker function in missile uidance systems, and consist of three new auto-tracker functions. First the gunner has control of an extra set of crosshairs in the tracker output imagery. The gunner will position this crosshair on the desired impact point of the target while the auto-tracker is tracking the target and issuing guidance commands to the missile. The second part is a discrete command issued by the gunner to the auto-tracker. If the gunner decides his impact point selection is better than the auto-trackers impact point selection he simply commands the auto-tracker to enter the aimpoint bias mode. At this time the auto-tracker will stop tracking the old track point and start tracking the part of the image defined by the gunner controlled crosshair. The third part is the filtered transition of the auto-tracker error signal from the old track point to the new track point.

Abstract: Rate aiding tracking prevents or dampens the effect of large scale target tion on a missile borne tracker during transition of a missile from prelaunch tracking to post launch tracking. Rate aided tracking includes a feedback network responsive to existing stable platforms for combining a tracker output signal with a rate signal that is itself responsive to torques present on a stable platform due to target sensor motion. The feedback network includes an integrator and a transformation circuit and is active only during the missile launching phase of operation when transient effects are manifest.