AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM FOR INITIALIZING SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR SEEKER ACQUISITION
Assignee
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
Filed
Oct 27, 1982
Granted
Aug 3, 1993
Location
ACTON MA US
Abstract
A method of guiding an air-to-air missile launched from a penetrating aircraft at a target aircraft having a search radar therein is shown. The missile changes from a passive antiradiation homing mode to an active seeker mode when the missile is detected and the search radar is shutdown. The active seeker uses a synthetic aperture radar that is squinted at the target aircraft. At the handover point when the search radar is shutdown, the missile executes a turn away from the target aircraft to bring the target aircraft within the synthetic aperture radar coverage. The amount of turn is within preselected limits based on several parameters.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Apr 11, 1983
Rescinded
Dec 29, 1992
Duration
9 years, 8 months
Inventor
- 1PAUL C. HAMILTON
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5232182
- Application
- 00644039
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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