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US 11,709,041 B2Granted
Low-observable projectile
OwnerGregory Saltzinventor
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Abstract
A radar-absorbing material projectile system including a projectile with an outer layer of radar-absorbing material (RAM). A carrier or armature is disposed around the projectile, protecting the layer of RAM during the firing sequence. In some embodiments the carrier is a discarding carrier which falls away after firing, rendering the projectile low-observable with regard to radar detection due to the layer of RAM.
Claims13
A projectile system comprising:
- a projectile including an exterior layer of radar-absorbing material fully covering an exterior surface of the projectile, wherein the radar-absorbing material is a carbon nanotube-infused composite material applied to the surface of the projectile such that the carbon nanotube-infused composite material is radar-absorbing;
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- a carrier disposed around the projectile configured to provide a thermally insulating barrier preventing any portion of the radar-absorbing layer being burned off during firing of the projectile system and configured to detach and fall away from the projectile after firing of the projectile system while leaving the layer of radar-absorbing material intact, whereby the projectile is low-observable for radar detection after firing.
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