Stackable collaborative engagement munition

US9939239B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Leon Manole · Great Meadows, US
• Mark Young · La Cañada Flintridge, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2014
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F42B30/10
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A stacked, collaborative engagement ammunition round is presented. The round includes plural stacked miniaturized projectiles where such projectiles separate after launch and then swarm as a group towards a target or targets. At launch, the projectiles may fly in a preselected formation, leader-follower towards the target. Or, the projectiles may deploy propellers, tri-copter or quad-copter vanes, and self steer swarming to the target. Each projectile has its own miniaturized guidance, navigation and control components, autopilot, cameras, transmitter, receiver, antennae, power source, sensors, fuzes and/or flex circuits.