Guidance kit with variable angular offset for undetected ground suppression and methods thereof
AssigneeBAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
InventorsMatthew F. Chrobak, Jason H. Batchelder, Samantha Kirsh
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Abstract
A guidance kit for a projectile and method for suppressing a point-of-interest (POI) at a desired location away from the POI. The guidance kit includes at least one processor in the guidance kit. The guidance kit also includes a guidance protocol operatively in communication with the guidance kit and the at least one processor and having a set of angular offset modes. The guidance protocol of the guidance kit is configured to guide the projectile to at least one location relative to a desired point-of-interest (POI) upon or in response to activation of at least one angular offset mode of the set of angular offset modes.
Claims20
A guidance kit for a projectile, comprising:
- at least one processor in the guidance kit;
- and
- a guidance protocol operatively in communication with the guidance kit and the at least one processor and having a set of angular offset modes;
- wherein the guidance protocol is configured to guide the projectile to at least one location relative to a desired point-of-interest (POI) upon or in response to activation of at least one angular offset mode of the set of angular offset modes.
A method of suppressing a point-of-interest (POI) at a desired location relative to the POI, comprising step of:
- providing a guidance protocol that is operatively in communication with a guidance kit of a projectile;
- determining the desired location to launch the projectile relative to the POI;
- selecting the guidance protocol between an ON state and an OFF state via a first angular offset of a set of angular offsets of the guidance protocol;
- launching the projectile, via a launch vehicle, at the desired location;
- determining a down acceleration direction asserted on the projectile, via one or both of at least one gyroscope and at least one accelerometer of the guidance kit, at a predetermined time subsequent to launching the projectile;
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- suppressing the POI, via the projectile, at the desired location relative to the POI.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.