Patent ID: 7791006

Claim:
An exo-atmospheric anti-missile kill-vehicle, the kill-vehicle comprising: a main body of the kill vehicle, the main body including a divert system configured for providing the kill-vehicle with acceleration at a desired direction; a controller; a sensor unit configured for tracking a target along a LOS (Line of Sight); at least one gimbal unit configured for changing a relative angle between the main body of the kill vehicle and the sensor unit; and an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) configured for measuring inertial angular velocity of the LOS, and wherein the controller is operatively connected to each of the sensor unit, the at least one gimbal unit, the divert system and the IMU, and the controller is configured for synchronizing operation of the divert system and the gimbal unit by dynamically adjusting the relative angle between the main body of the kill vehicle and the sensor unit.