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US 5826820

HOMING DEVICE SYSTEM FOR MISSLE

Assignee

AEROSPATIALE SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE

Filed

May 15, 1987

Granted

Oct 27, 1998

Location

CHATENAY MALABR FR

Abstract

A guidance system for guiding a missile to a target including an array of photosensitive elements arranged orthogonally to the axis of the missile, a scanning arrangement for enabling scanning of the array of photosensitive elements by means of an optical system, and a target detecting arrangement for controlling the field and the pace of scanning executed by the scanning arrangement so that the field of scanning is smaller and the pace of scanning is greater after detecting a target than before target detection.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Mar 10, 1989

Rescinded

Apr 16, 1998

Duration

9 years, 1 month

Inventor

  • 1PASCAL DUBOIS

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