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US 2020/0033106 A1Published application
Safety and Arming Unit for a Munition
AssigneeThales Holdings UK PLC
InventorsLaurie Turner, John Morris, Paddy Mallon, Chris Wilson, Ronnie Fleming
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Abstract
A safety and arming device for a munition is operable to arm and initiate a munition dependent on determining separation from a munition platform, determining detection of free fall of the device for a first time period following separation, initiating a roll manoeuvre of the munition and determining detection of the execution of the roll manoeuvre within a second time period, and generating a munition firing signal, dependent on detection of all of separation, free fall, and the roll manoeuvre.
Claims14
A safety and arming device for a munition, the device comprising:
- a separation detector operable to generate a separation signal on detection of separation of the device from a delivery platform;
- a free fall detector operable to generate a free fall detection signal on detection of free fall of the device for a first time period following separation;
- a roll manoeuvre detector operable to generate a roll manoeuvre detection signal on detection of a roll manoeuvre of the device for a second time period, following the first time period;
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- a munition firing signal generator operable to generate a munition firing signal, wherein the munition firing signal generator is operable to generate the munition firing signal on presence of all of:
- a separation signal, and
- a free fall detection signal, and
- a roll manoeuvre detection signal.
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