Netted communication and weapons system for littoral warfare
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorJuan Lam
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Abstract
A system for projecting energy comprising a platform; an arrangement disposed on the platform for generating a laser beam; an unmanned aerial vehicle; and a relay disposed on the vehicle for redirecting the laser beam. In the illustrative embodiment, the platform is a submarine and the laser beam is provided by an onboard high energy laser. The system further includes a satellite based communication system for exchanging data with the aerial vehicle and the submarine. In the best mode, the device for relaying is a relay mirror. A mirror pointing control system, sensors and terminal homing and communication systems are included on the aerial vehicle.
Claims18
A system for projecting directed energy comprising:
- a platform;
- means disposed on said platform for generating a laser beam;
- an unmanned aerial vehicle;
- and
- means disposed on said vehicle for relaying said laser beam.
A system for projecting energy comprising:
- a submarine;
- a high energy laser disposed on said submarine;
- an unmanned aerial vehicle;
- and
- a relay mirror disposed on said unmanned aerial vehicle for relaying a beam from said laser to a target.
A method for projecting energy including the steps of:
- projecting a high energy laser beam from a platform and
- relaying said beam to a target with a mirror mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle.
An unmanned aerial vehicle comprising:
- an aerodynamic airframe;
- at least one control surface disposed on said airframe;
- a communication system disposed on said airframe;
- a relay mirror mounted within said airframe;
- and
- a relay mirror position control system electrically coupled to said communication system and mechanically coupled to said relay mirror.
A submarine comprising:
- a high energy laser;
- means for pointing-said laser;
- and
- means for providing power to said laser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.