Exo Atmospheric Intercepting System and Method

This invention describes a kill-vehicle designed to intercept missiles outside Earth's atmosphere. It works by having a main body with a divert system for steering and a sensor unit for tracking the target. A special gimbal unit allows the sensor to move independently of the main body, and an electronic brain synchronizes the sensor's movement with the steering thrusters. This ensures the target stays in the sensor's view while the vehicle precisely adjusts its path to hit it.

Why it matters: Filed before modern embedded processors and sensor fusion algorithms could provide the real-time synchronous control of gimbaled sensors and divert thrusters. This makes the precise dynamic adjustment of the sensor angle and thrust direction more feasible now.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedPrecision guidance software, space-rated components, divert thrusters

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