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Method and apparatus for determining a location of a flying target

US8415596B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Raimund Dold · Helmstedt, DE
Thomas Kuhn · Heilbronn, DE
Wilhelm Hinding · Helmstedt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2011
Grant date	Apr 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 19, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S11/12
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a location of a flying target included identifying and measuring the target by at least two seeker systems disposed at a distance from one another. The position of the target relative to at least one of the two seeker systems is determined from measurement data derived therefrom. The position of the target is measured inconspicuously and without active radiation, in that the seeker systems are data-networked, passive target tracking systems for missiles, which autonomously track the target and align the missile with the target. The measurement data determined by the data-networked seeker systems are combined, and the location of the target is determined from the combined data.

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