INERTIAL INSTRUMENTATION CORRECTION TECHNIQUE
Assignee
Raytheon
Filed as: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Filed
Oct 2, 1980
Granted
May 26, 1998
Location
ACTON MA US
Abstract
A technique for deriving correction signals for inertial instruments on a missile, such as an intercontinental ballistic or a cruise missile, is shown to include: a radar operative in a synthetic aperture mode when the missile approaches a predetermined area containing at least three separate fixed terrain features whose radar signatures (as observed from a preselected position) have been predetermined and stored on the missile; successively illuminating each one of such features and comparing the actual radar signals with the stored radar signatures; and deriving correction signals for the inertial instruments in accordance with the difference between the actual and stored radar signals.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Nov 17, 1983
Rescinded
Jun 5, 1997
Duration
13 years, 6 months
Inventor
- 1WILLIAM KALMS
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Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5755400
- Application
- 06194328
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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