SMALL BODY DYNAMICS CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210372753A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US16889003

    申请日:2020-06-01

    Abstract: A projectile including an ejectable aft fin housing assembly. The aft fin housing assembly includes aft fins that increase a distance between a center of gravity and a center of pressure of the projectile, improving passive stabilization of the projectile. Once the projectile has been passively stabilized, the aft fin housing assembly is ejected, decreasing a distance between the center of gravity and the center of pressure, improving active stabilization of the projectile.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING PHYSICAL OBJECTS WITH RANDOMIZED EMBEDDED INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210302936A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US16829501

    申请日:2020-03-25

    Abstract: A system and method for authenticating a physical object. The method may include the steps of: (1) encoding a feed material with randomized information; (2) forming the object with the feed material such that one or more portions of the object have respective randomized signatures based upon at least some of the randomized information of the feed material; (3) reading the respective randomized signatures at the one or portions of the object; (4) creating a profile of the respective randomized signatures at the one or more portions of the object based upon information from the reading; (5) transporting the physical object to an authenticator, and transmitting the profile to the authenticator; (6) reading the respective randomized signatures at the one or more portions of the object by the authenticator; and (7) comparing the reading by the authenticator to the profile received by the authenticator to thereby authenticate the physical object.

    Mitigating device vulnerabilities in software

    公开(公告)号:US10698753B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US15958789

    申请日:2018-04-20

    Abstract: A method can include simulating, by at least one hardware processor, operation of an embedded device under a variety of conditions including a variety of electromagnetic interference (EMI) conditions and a variety of weather conditions, determining proper operation characteristics of the components based on the simulating, the proper operation characteristics of the components determined based on simulations that result in the embedded device operating properly, determining which components of the embedded device impact proper operation of the embedded device by a threshold amount, and programming the at least one hardware processor to implement a safeguard that ensures proper operation of a component of the components.

    MITIGATING DEVICE VULNERABILITIES IN SOFTWARE

    公开(公告)号:US20190324836A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US15958789

    申请日:2018-04-20

    Abstract: A method can include simulating, by at least one hardware processor, operation of an embedded device under a variety of conditions including a variety of electromagnetic interference (EMI) conditions and a variety of weather conditions, determining proper operation characteristics of the components based on the simulating, the proper operation characteristics of the components determined based on simulations that result in the embedded device operating properly, determining which components of the embedded device impact proper operation of the embedded device by a threshold amount, and programming the at least one hardware processor to implement a safeguard that ensures proper operation of a component of the components.

    Optical sensor with dual-axis gimballed transmitter and staring detector

    公开(公告)号:US12270946B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US17474504

    申请日:2021-09-14

    Abstract: The design of an existing air-to-air missile seeker is adapted to new missions that require both active laser illumination and detection (passive or active) capabilities. The gimbal is used to point the laser beam to a desired location in a transmit FOR. This approach minimizes the size, weight and power of the sensor because only a small portion of the transmit FOR is illuminated at any instant. This minimizes the laser output required, which reduces the power to operate the laser and the power to maintain the laser at operating temperature. In existing seekers, the gimbal points the detector in the desired direction to expand its FOR. To address the limitations of coupling the laser beam into the gimbaled optical system, the gimbal cannot perform the steering function for the detector. Instead, a staring detector receives light through an off-gimbal aperture within a fixed receive FOR that overlaps the transmit FOR.

    OPTICAL SENSOR WITH DUAL-AXIS GIMBALLED TRANSMITTER AND STARING DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240402303A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US17474504

    申请日:2021-09-14

    Abstract: The design of an existing air-to-air missile seeker is adapted to new missions that require both active laser illumination and detection (passive or active) capabilities. The gimbal is used to point the laser beam to a desired location in a transmit FOR. This approach minimizes the size, weight and power of the sensor because only a small portion of the transmit FOR is illuminated at any instant. This minimizes the laser output required, which reduces the power to operate the laser and the power to maintain the laser at operating temperature. In existing seekers, the gimbal points the detector in the desired direction to expand its FOR. To address the limitations of coupling the laser beam into the gimbaled optical system, the gimbal cannot perform the steering function for the detector. Instead, a staring detector receives light through an off-gimbal aperture within a fixed receive FOR that overlaps the transmit FOR.

    Small body dynamics control method
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11555678B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US16889003

    申请日:2020-06-01

    Abstract: A projectile including an ejectable aft fin housing assembly. The aft fin housing assembly includes aft fins that increase a distance between a center of gravity and a center of pressure of the projectile, improving passive stabilization of the projectile. Once the projectile has been passively stabilized, the aft fin housing assembly is ejected, decreasing a distance between the center of gravity and the center of pressure, improving active stabilization of the projectile.

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