Carlos T MirallesSanta Ana, CA

6231003, May 15, 2001

Mar 12, 1990

7/493088

Richard A. Hibma - Los Angeles CA
Richard W. Hilscher - Santa Clarita CA
Carlos T. Miralles - Torrance CA
Jerry D. Ward - El Segundo CA
Blaine G. Wright - Canoga Park CA

The Boeing Company - Seal Beach CA

F24B 1510

244 322

An apparatus for defending a vehicle against an approaching threat is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body deployable from the vehicle having at least one reference axis thereon. A plurality of spaced divert thruster means are associated with the body for translating the body relative to the threat upon deployment from the vehicle. A plurality of spaced attitude control thruster means are associated with the body for providing roll, pitch and yaw to orient the reference axis to a desired orientation relative to the threat. A guidance system, associated with the reference axis, is provided for communicating electronic signals to the attitude control thruster means and divert thruster means for controlling the position of the body relative to the threat to eliminate the threat. The guidance system preferably operates independently of the vehicle after deployment.

2014017, Jun 19, 2014

Sep 3, 2013

14/016602

- Monrovia CA, US
Carlos Miralles - Monrovia CA, US

AEROVIRONMENT, INC. - Monrovia CA

B64C 13/16

701 3

A system comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) having wing elements and tail elements configured to roll to angularly orient the UAV by rolling so as to align a longitudinal plane of the UAV, in its late terminal phase, with a target. A method of UAV body re-orientation comprising: (a) determining by a processor a boresight angle error correction value bases on distance between a target point and a boresight point of a body-fixed frame; and (b) effecting a UAV maneuver comprising an angular role rate component translating the target point to a re-oriented target point in the body-fixed frame, to maintain the offset angle via the offset angle correction value.