Patent ID: 8975565
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. An interceptor, comprising: an airframe; a plurality of fixed aerodynamic stabilization fins on the airframe; a rocket motor within the airframe, said motor comprising a motor can having ports forward and aft and a rocket propellant therein, wherein propellant burn forms a common pressure vessel for high-pressure gas; one or more fixed main nozzles having a throat in communication with the aft port and the common pressure vessel to convert high-pressure gas into a first high-velocity gas and expel the first high-velocity gas in a generally axial direction to propel the interceptor; an attitude control system (ACS) comprising, a flight control system responsive to guidance commands to command the one or more valves to direct flow through the one or more attitude control nozzles to maneuver the interceptor.