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US 2010/0073664 A1Published application
Lookdown and loitering ladar system
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorNicholas Krasutsky
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Abstract
A LADAR system and with lookdown and loitering capabilities is disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a LADAR sensor and a gimbal. The LADAR sensor is mounted to the gimbal, which is capable of scanning in azimuth sufficient to provide a look down and loitering capability. In another aspect, a method includes flying an airborne vehicle through an environment; and scanning a LADAR signal forward and to at least one side into a field of regard.
Claims31
1-19. (canceled)
A wide-angle LADAR system, comprising:
- a platform defining a chamber;
- a faceted window closing the chamber;
- and
- a gimbaled LADAR sensor housed in the closed chamber capable of scanning in azimuth substantially through 180° and housed in the chamber to scan through the faceted window.
1 more element
The LADAR system of 23, wherein the segments comprise flat facets.
An apparatus, comprising:
- an airborne vehicle defining a chamber in the forward end thereof;
- a faceted window closing the chamber;
- a gimbaled LADAR sensor housed in the closed chamber capable of scanning in azimuth substantially through 180° and housed in the chamber to scan through the faceted window;
- and
- a laser designator mounted on-gimbal with the LADAR sensor.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- flying an airborne vehicle through an environment;
- and
- scanning a LADAR signal forward and to at least one side into a field of regard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.