Patent ID: 11947349
Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 31:
32. A method of controlling a vehicle, comprising:
releasing the vehicle from a carrier disposed on a platform;
subsequent to releasing the vehicle, causing the vehicle to substantially align along a vector via a pitch maneuver;
causing a motor of the vehicle to fire after causing the vehicle to substantially align along the vector via the pitch maneuver;
causing the vehicle to accelerate along a flight path substantially aligned with the vector;
transmitting, from the platform, at least one communication to the vehicle indicating the closest point of approach of the vehicle and the target of interest;
receiving, at the platform and from the vehicle, data regarding one or more observed conditions at the closest point of approach of the vehicle and the target of interest; and
causing the vehicle to detonate at a closest point of approach of the vehicle to a target of interest on the vector.