Millimeter Wave Projectile Guidance

A NOVEL MILLIMETER WAVE TERMINAL GUIDANCE IS PROPOSED, WHICH IS UNIQUELY SUITABLE FOR SMALL SPINNING PROJECTILES. THIS GUIDANCE CONCEPT DOES NOT REQUIRE INERTIAL COMPONENTS. IT UTILIZES THE INHERENTINERTIAL PROPERTIES OF PROJECTILE SPIN NUTATION. THE CONCEPT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED WITH VERY LOW WEIGHT AND VOLUME, AND PROMISES PROJECTILE COST SAVINGS OF AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE. APPLICATIONS OF THIS NOVEL TERMINAL GUIDANCE CONCEPT INCLUDE SPACE BASED STRATEGIC DEFENSE, GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DEFENSE, THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE, ANTI-SHIP MISSILE DEFENSE, AIR DEFENSE, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER TACTICAL APPLICATIONS. MONOLITHIC, ALL SOLID STATE, REALIZATIONS APPEAR FEASIBLE, WHICH MAKE THIS TERMINAL GUIDANCE CONCEPT SUITABLE FOR HIGH ACCELERATION ENVIRONMENTS, SUCH AS GUN LAUNCH. ANALYSIS, SIMULATION, AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS ARE PROPOSED FOR PHASE I, TOGETHER WITH PLANNING THE EFFORT TO BE CONDUCTED DURING PHASE II. THE EXPECTED RESULTS OF PHASE I ARE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY, WITH A THROUGH QUANTITATIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WELL THIS CONCEPT WILL PERFORM IN PASSIVE, SEMI-ACTIVE, AND ACTIVE IMPLEMENTATIONS. NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS OF THE CONCEPT EXIST IN NON-DEFENSE, AND COMMERCIAL AREAS.