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US 2012/0267471 A1Published application
Missile nose fairing system
AssigneeRafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
InventorYacov Yacobovitch
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Abstract
A missile nose fairing system includes sections attached at an aft end thereof to a missile body, a restraint for normally preventing aftward displacement of the plurality of sections, and a drive unit for releasing the restraint in response to a received signal. Each of the sections has an outer surface that converges to a common forward pointed tip for enclosing and protecting a guidance head when in an extended position and is retractable into a corresponding recessed region formed within a missile nose when the drive unit is activated releasing the restraint.
Claims22
A missile nose fairing system, comprising:
- a) a plurality of sections attached at an aft end thereof to a missile body, each of said sections having an outer surface that converges to a common forward pointed tip for enclosing and protecting a guidance head when in an extended position and being retractable into a corresponding recessed region formed within a missile nose;
- b) restraining means for normally preventing aftward displacement of said plurality of sections;
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- c) a drive unit for releasing said restraining means in response to a received signal, thereby allowing said plurality of section to be retracted into the corresponding recessed regions.
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