Inventors:
Hans A. Maurer - Tarzana CA
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company - Los Angeles CA
International Classification:
F41G 724
Abstract:
A guidance apparatus (10) for guiding a missile (18) to a target (20) by a beam (16) is disclosed. The apparatus (10) includes a device (12) for projecting the beam (16), the orientation of which controls the flight path of the missile (18). The missile (18) includes a circuit for generating a signal when the missile (18) is in a predetermined spatial relationship (e. g. , the center coded portion) with respect to said beam (16). When such signal is generated, the angular position of the missile with respect to the target is determined. This positioned relationship is then provided to ground based circuitry (56, 58 and 60) which forms a part of apparatus (10) and which adjusts the orientation of the beam (16) to reduce the angular separation of missile and target.