Patent ID: 6037899
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A method for vectoring active projectiles over an operative target area range comprising:providing a pilot projectile or submunition for the pilot projectile with a satellite navigation receiver, and a transmitter, and with the external form, mass and mass inertial moments of the pilot projectile or submunition, including the rate of speed of vertical descent for the submunition, substantially coinciding with the corresponding values for the active projectile or active submunition to be fired at a target area;firing the pilot projectile toward a target area;continuously detecting the current position, as well as the pilot projectile/submunition speed during the complete operational sequence of the pilot projectile using the satellite navigation receiver; and,transmitting the received position information to a desired target receiver for evaluation and formation of correction values for a subsequently fired active projectile.